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Wed 04 Dec 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 Metzger 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

Metzger, M.J., A.N. Paynter, M.E. Siddall & S.P. Goff. 2018. Horizontal transfer of retrotransposons between bivalves and other aquatic species of multiple phyla. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 115(18): E4227-E4235.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1C

Taxonomic Opinions

Dreissena polymorpha

Elliptio complanata

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lasmigona costata

Sphaerium fabale

Cladogram Figure 1C
  +----- Lasmigona_costata    
--+                           
  |  +-- Elliptio_complanata  
  +--+                        
     +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea

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