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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 Chase et al. (2018), 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

Chase, E.E., B.M. Robicheau, W.R. Hoeh, J.L. Harris, D.T. Stewart & S. Breton. 2018. The complete male-type mitochondrial genomes of the fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea, and the endangered Arkansas fatmucket, Lampsilis powellii. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 4(1): 107-109.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1
fig. 1-M

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Cumberlandia monodonta

Echyridella menziesii

Lamprotula leaii

Lampsilis powellii

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Unio delphinus

Unio tumidus

Utterbackia peninsularis

Cladogram Figure 1
  +-------------------- Echyridella_menziesii   
  |                                             
--+  +----------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta  
  |  |                                          
  |  |           +----- Quadrula_quadrula       
  +--+  +--------+                              
     |  |        |  +-- Lampsilis_powellii      
     |  |        +--+                           
     +--+           +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea   
        |                                       
        |  +----------- Lamprotula_leaii        
        |  |                                    
        +--+        +-- Unio_delphinus          
           |  +-----+                           
           |  |     +-- Unio_tumidus            
           +--+                                 
              |  +----- Anodonta_anatina        
              +--+                              
                 |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
                 +--+                           
                    +-- Pyganodon_grandis       
Cladogram Figure 1-M
              +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta  
  +-----------+                           
  |           +-- Echyridella_menziesii   
  |                                       
  |     +-------- Lamprotula_leaii        
--+  +--+                                 
  |  |  |  +----- Quadrula_quadrula       
  |  |  +--+                              
  |  |     |  +-- Lampsilis_powellii      
  |  |     +--+                           
  +--+        +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea   
     |                                    
     |        +-- Unio_delphinus          
     |  +-----+                           
     |  |     +-- Unio_tumidus            
     +--+                                 
        |  +----- Anodonta_anatina        
        +--+                              
           |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
           +--+                           
              +-- Pyganodon_grandis       

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