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Wed 06 Nov 2024

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 Wen et al. (2017), 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

Wen, H.B., Z.M. Cao, D. Hua, P. Xu, X.Y. Ma et al. 2017. The complete maternally and paternally inherited mitochondrial genomes of a freshwater mussel Potamilus alatus (Bivalvia: Unionidae). PLoS One 12(1), e0169749: 1-12.

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Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

fig. 3
fig. 3-M

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Cristaria plicata

Lamprotula coreana

Lamprotula leai

Lamprotula tortuosa

Lampsilis ornata

Lepidodesma languilati

Leptodea leptodon

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera falcata

Potamilus alatus

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Sinanodonta woodiana

Toxolasma parvus

Unio pictorum

Utterbackia peninsularis

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Cladogram Figure 3
                 +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
  +--------------+                              
  |              +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
  |                                             
  |     +----------- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |     |                                       
--+  +--+  +-------- Toxolasma_parvum           
  |  |  |  |                                    
  |  |  +--+     +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
  |  |     |  +--+                              
  |  |     |  |  +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  |  |     +--+                                 
  +--+        |  +-- Potamilus_leptodon         
     |        +--+                              
     |           +-- Potamilus_alatus           
     |                                          
     |  +----------- Lamprotula_leaii           
     |  |                                       
     |  |     +----- Anodonta_anatina           
     +--+  +--+                                 
        |  |  |  +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
        |  |  +--+                              
        |  |     +-- Cristaria_plicata          
        +--+                                    
           |     +-- Aculamprotula_coreana      
           |  +--+                              
           |  |  +-- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati     
              +--+                              
                 +-- Unio_pictorum              
Cladogram Figure 3-M
     +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  +--+                                 
  |  |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
  |  +--+                              
--+     +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |                                    
  |  +----- Quadrula_quadrula          
  +--+                                 
     |  +-- Potamilus_alatus           
     +--+                              
        +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis

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