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

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This page documents data for Lyubas et al. (2019), 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

Lyubas, A.A., T.F. Obada, M.Y. Gofarov, V.V. Kriauciunas, I.V. Vikhrev et al. 2019. A taxonomic revision of fossil freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) from Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of southeastern Europe. Ecologica Montenegrina 21: 1-16.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 10

Taxonomic Opinions

Cumberlandia monodonta

Gibbosula crassa

Gibbosula laosensis

Gibbosula rochechouartii

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera hembeli

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera middendorffi

Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793)
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Pseudunio flabellatiformis (Grigorowitch-Beresowski, 1915)
+ Unio flabellatiformis var. levata Bogachev, 1961
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) moldavica Chepalyga, 1964
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) robusta Chepalyga, 1964
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) robusta speensis Chepalyga, 1964
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) robusta tirassica Chepalyga, 1964

Pseudunio flabellatus (Goldfuss, 1837)

Pseudunio homsensis (Lea, 1865)

Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918)

Cladogram Figure 10
                 +----- Gibbosula_rochechouartii   
  +--------------+                                 
  |              |  +-- Gibbosula_laosensis        
  |              +--+                              
  |                 +-- Gibbosula_crassa           
  |                                                
  |           +-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
--+           |                                    
  |  +--------+  +----- Pseudunio_marocanus        
  |  |        |  |                                 
  |  |        +--+  +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
  |  |           |  |                              
  |  |           |  +-- Pseudunio_flabellata       
  |  |           +--+                              
  +--+              +-- Pseudunio_flabellatiformis 
     |              |                              
     |              +-- Pseudunio_homsensis        
     |                                             
     |              +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
     |  +-----------+                              
     |  |           +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
     +--+                                          
        |  +----------- Margaritifera_falcata      
        +--+                                       
           |  +-------- Margaritifera_laevis       
           +--+                                    
              |  +----- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Margaritifera_marrianae    
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Margaritifera_hembeli      

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