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 Smith et al. (2023), 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

Smith, C.H., A.H. Kiser, N.A. Johnson & C.R. Randklev. 2023. Environmental, morphological, and molecular data reveala new species of freshwater mussel, Strophitus howellsi, endemic to the Edwards Plateau in Texas. Conservation Genetics early online. 1-19 pp.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 2

Attributed Species Names

Taxonomic Opinions

Cladogram Figure 2

           +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus
  +--------+                             
  |        +-- Anodontoides_denigratus   
  |                                      
--+        +-- Strophitus_undulatus      
  |  +-----+                             
  |  |     +-- Strophitus_howellsi       
  +--+                                   
     |  +----- Strophitus_pascagoulaensis
     +--+                                
        |  +-- Strophitus_radiatus       
        +--+                             
           +-- Strophitus_williamsi      

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