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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 Perkins et al. (2025), 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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/fmuotwaolcb/db.php?ty=publ&id=4447
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Publication information
Perkins, M.A., K.L. DeVilbiss, N.W. Whelan, R.A. Hoch, B.K. Jones et al. 2025. A new endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) genus and species, Ligodonta obscura, from the Yadkin-Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, USA. ZooKeys 1248: 245-265.
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Attributed Genus Names
Ligodonta Perkins et al., 2025
Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: 252.
Type species: Ligodonta obscura Perkins et al., 2025 (orig. desig.) = Ligodonta obscura |
Microdonta Perkins et al., 2025
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: supplemental figures. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn. of Ligodonta Perkins et al., 2025)
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Attributed Species Names
Anodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010
‘Heude’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2010, Folia Malac. 18(4): 178.
Zhang et al., 2013, World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376.
Sayenko et al., 2017, Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’].
Whelan et al., 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877)
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Strophitus undulatus Smith et al., 2018
‘Say’ of Authors.
Smith et al., 2018, MPE 119: 51. [in part]
Gasparini et al., 2020, Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1.
Whelan et al., 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)
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Ligodonta obscura Perkins et al., 2025
Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: 253, figs. 3-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NCSM_221198, Little River adjacent to NC 134 [North Carolina].
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Alasmidonta triangulata Perkins et al., 2025
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858)
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Alasmidonta undulata Perkins et al., 2025
‘Say’ of Authors.
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio undulata Say, 1817)
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Taxonomic Opinions
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