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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 Mejia-Trujillo & Smith (2022), 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

Mejia-Trujillo, R. & C.H. Smith. 2022. The male-type mitochondrial genome of the freshwater mussel Potamilus streckersoni Smith, Johnson, Inoue, Doyle, & Randklev, 2019 (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 7: 1854-1858.

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Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

fig. 2-F
fig. 2-M

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Elliptio complanata

Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis ornata

Lampsilis powellii

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Pleurobema oviforme

Popenaias popeii

Potamilus alatus

Potamilus leptodon

Potamilus streckersoni

Quadrula quadrula

Toxolasma parvum

Uniomerus tetralasmus

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Cladogram Figure 2-F
     +-------------- Toxolasma_parvum           
     |                                          
  +--+  +----------- Popenaias_popeii           
  |  |  |                                       
  |  +--+  +-------- Amblema_plicata            
  |     |  |                                    
  |     +--+     +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |        |  +--+                              
  |        |  |  +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus      
  |        +--+                                 
--+           |  +-- Pleurobema_oviforme        
  |           +--+                              
  |              +-- Elliptio_complanata        
  |                                             
  |           +----- Potamilus_leptodon         
  |     +-----+                                 
  |     |     |  +-- Potamilus_streckersoni     
  |     |     +--+                              
  |     |        +-- Potamilus_alatus           
  +-----+                                       
        |        +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
        |  +-----+                              
        |  |     +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      
              +--+                              
                 +-- Lampsilis_powellii         
Cladogram Figure 2-M
  +----------- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |                                       
--+        +-- Potamilus_streckersoni     
  |  +-----+                              
  |  |     +-- Potamilus_alatus           
  +--+                                    
     |  +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
     +--+                                 
        |  +-- Lampsilis_powellii         
        +--+                              
           +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      

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