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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Roe (2013), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Roe, K.J. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis of the freshwater mussel genus Ptychobranchus (Bivalvia: Unionidae). American Malacological Bulletin 31(2): 257-265.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 4

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Medionidus conradicus (Lea, 1834)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)

Ptychobranchus greenii (Conrad, 1834)

Ptychobranchus jonesi (van der Schalie, 1934)

Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)

Ptychobranchus subtentum (Say, 1825)

Cladogram Figure 4
  +----------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa            
  |                                                      
  |                    +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea         
  +--------------------+                                 
--+                    +-- Lampsilis_ornata              
  |                                                      
  |  +-------------------- Medionidus_conradicus         
  |  |                                                   
  +--+                 +-- Cyprogenia_aberti             
     |  +--------------+                                 
     |  |              +-- Dromus_dromas                 
     +--+                                                
        |  +-------------- Ptychobranchus_subtentus      
        +--+                                             
           |  +----------- Ptychobranchus_jonesi         
           +--+                                          
              |  +-------- Ptychobranchus_greenii        
              +--+                                       
                 |  +----- Ptychobranchus_occidentalis__2
                 +--+                                    
                    |  +-- Ptychobranchus_occidentalis__1
                    +--+                                 
                       +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris    

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