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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 Roe & Hoeh (2003), 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

Roe, K.J. & W.R. Hoeh. 2003. Systematics of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida). [in] Lydeard & Lindberg, Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks: 91-122.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

fig. 4f2
fig. 4f3

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827)

Castalia stevensi (H.B. Baker, 1930)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Diplodon deceptus Simpson, 1914

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyridella menziesi (Gray, 1843)

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monocondylaea minuana d’Orbigny, 1835

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma lividus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio pictorum Linnaeus, 1758

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)

Cladogram Figure 4f2
  +-------------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                                                  
  |                                   +-- Mutela_dubia               
  |                             +-----+                              
  |                             |     +-- Mutela_rostrata            
  |                          +--+                                    
  |                          |  |  +----- Monocondylaea_minuana      
  |                          |  +--+                                 
--+                          |     |  +-- Anodontites_guanarensis    
  |                          |     +--+                              
  |  +-----------------------+        +-- Anodontites_trigona        
  |  |                       |                                       
  |  |                       |        +-- Castalia_stevensi          
  |  |                       |     +--+                              
  |  |                       |     |  +-- Velesunio_angasi           
  |  |                       +-----+                                 
  |  |                             |  +-- Echyridella_menziesii      
  +--+                             |  |                              
     |                             +--+-- Lortiella_rugata           
     |                                |                              
     |                                +-- Diplodon_gratus            
     |                                                               
     |                                +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
     |  +-----------------------------+                              
     |  |                             +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
     +--+                                                            
        |  +----------------------------- Gonidea_angulata           
        |  |                                                         
        +--+  +-------------------------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca       
           |  |                                                      
           +--+  +----------------------- Fusconaia_flava            
              |  |                                                   
              |  +----------------------- Amblema_plicata            
              +--+                                                   
                 |  +-------------------- Quadrula_quadrula          
                 |  |                                                
                 |  |  +----------------- Pleurobema_clava           
                 +--+  |                                             
                    |  |  +-------------- Eurynia_dilatata           
                    |  |  |                                          
                    +--+  |  +----------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                       |  +--+                                       
                       |  |  |  +-------- Glebula_rotundata          
                       |  |  +--+                                    
                       |  |     |  +----- Potamilus_alatus           
                       +--+     +--+                                 
                          |        |  +-- Ligumia_recta              
                          |        +--+                              
                          |           +-- Toxolasma_lividum          
                          |                                          
                          |  +----------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
                          |  |                                       
                          +--+        +-- Unio_pictorum              
                             |  +-----+                              
                             |  |     +-- Unio_tumidus               
                             +--+                                    
                                |  +----- Pyganodon_grandis          
                                +--+                                 
                                   |  +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
                                   +--+                              
                                      +-- Strophitus_undulatus       
Cladogram Figure 4f3
  +----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                                               
  |                                +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |  +-----------------------------+                              
  |  |                             +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |  |                                                            
--+  |                             +-- Mutela_dubia               
  |  |                       +-----+                              
  |  |                       |     +-- Mutela_rostrata            
  |  |                    +--+                                    
  |  |                    |  |  +----- Monocondylaea_minuana      
  |  |                    |  +--+                                 
  +--+                    |     |  +-- Anodontites_guanarensis    
     |                    |     +--+                              
     |  +-----------------+        +-- Anodontites_trigona        
     |  |                 |                                       
     |  |                 |        +-- Castalia_stevensi          
     |  |                 |  +-----+                              
     |  |                 |  |     +-- Diplodon_gratus            
     |  |                 +--+                                    
     |  |                    |  +----- Echyridella_menziesii      
     |  |                    +--+                                 
     +--+                       |  +-- Velesunio_angasi           
        |                       +--+                              
        |                          +-- Lortiella_rugata           
        |                                                         
        |  +-------------------------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca       
        |  |                                                      
        |  |                       +-- Unio_pictorum              
        |  |                 +-----+                              
        |  |                 |     +-- Unio_tumidus               
        +--+  +--------------+                                    
           |  |              |  +----- Anodonta_cygnea            
           |  |              +--+                                 
           |  |                 |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
           |  |                 +--+                              
           +--+                    +-- Strophitus_undulatus       
              |                                                   
              |  +-------------------- Gonidea_angulata           
              |  |                                                
              |  |  +----------------- Amblema_plicata            
              +--+  |                                             
                 |  |        +-------- Quadrula_quadrula          
                 |  |  +-----+                                    
                 +--+  |     |  +----- Eurynia_dilatata           
                    |  |     +--+                                 
                    |  |        |  +-- Fusconaia_flava            
                    |  |        +--+                              
                    +--+           +-- Pleurobema_clava           
                       |                                          
                       |           +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
                       |  +--------+                              
                       |  |        +-- Glebula_rotundata          
                       +--+                                       
                          |  +-------- Toxolasma_lividum          
                          +--+                                    
                             |  +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                             +--+                                 
                                |  +-- Ligumia_recta              
                                +--+                              
                                   +-- Potamilus_alatus           

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