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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!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Pyganodon Crosse & Fischer, 1894: valid species
     3 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)
19 synonyms | 6 specimens
Range: New Brunswick, Canada south to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA; and in the Apalachicola River, USA. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)
12 synonyms | 7 specimens
Range: Northern Atlantic Slope, Canada. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, COI M-type, COII M-type, ITS1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G4Q.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pyganodon gibbosa (Say, 1824)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. [North America]
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Nature Serve: G3Q Under Review.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
77 synonyms | 62 specimens
Range: Widespread in the Central North America, from Mexico to the Arctic. Invading east to the Atlantic Slope. [Central America, North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 16S M-type, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, SRA, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857)
2 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Interior and Great Lakes basins in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, USA; also Quebec, Canada. [North America]
Genbank sequences: COI, COI M-type, COII M-type, ND1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: GU.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Page updated: 14:57:23 Wed 04 Dec 2024

 
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