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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 Krebs et al. (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

Krebs, R.A., R.N. Vlasceanu & M.J.S. Tevesz. 2003. An analysis of diversity in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Cuyahoga and Rocky River watersheds (Ohio, USA). Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2): 307-316.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 3

Attributed Species Names

Unio luteolus Sowerby, 1868
Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [originally as U. multiradiata].
Krebs et al., 2003, J. Gr. Lakes Res. 29(2): 311.
Krebs, 2004, Molec. Ecol. 13: 1702.
(misidentified reference to Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta triangulata

Amblema perplicata

Amblema plicata

Anodonta couperiana

Anodontoides radiatus

Ellipsaria lineolata

Elliptio dilatata

Elliptoideus sloatianus

Fusconaia flava

Lampsilis radiata luteola

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis teres

Lasmigona complanata

Lasmigona compressa

Lasmigona costata

Leptodea fragilis

Medionidus conradicus

Megalonaias nervosa

Obliquaria reflexa

Plectomerus dombeyanus

Pleurobema pyriforme

Potamilus alatus

Potamilus purpuratus

Ptychobranchus subtentum

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula apiculata

Quadrula metanevra

Quadrula quadrula

Strophitus undulatus

Toxolasma parvus

Uniomerus obesus

Utterbackia imbecillis

Villosa delumbis

Cladogram Figure 3
                                +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  +-----------------------------+                              
  |                             +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
  |                                                            
  |                    +----------- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
  |                    |                                       
  |                    +----------- Platynaias_compressa       
  |                    |                                       
  |                    +----------- Alasmidonta_triangulata    
  |                    |                                       
  |  +-----------------+        +-- Lasmigona_complanata       
--+  |                 +--------+                              
  |  |                 |        +-- Lasmigona_costata          
  |  |                 |                                       
  |  |                 |        +-- Strophitus_radiatus        
  |  |                 |  +-----+                              
  |  |                 |  |     +-- Strophitus_undulatus       
  |  |                 +--+                                    
  |  |                    |  +----- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
  |  |                    +--+                                 
  |  |                       |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  +--+                       +--+                              
     |                          +-- Anodonta                   
     |                                                         
     |                    +-------- Megalonaias_nervosa        
     |  +-----------------+                                    
     |  |                 |  +----- Quadrula_quadrula__2       
     |  |                 +--+                                 
     |  |                    |  +-- Quadrula_quadrula__1       
     |  |                    +--+                              
     |  |                       +-- Theliderma_metanevra       
     |  |                                                      
     +--+              +----------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus    
        |  +-----------+                                       
        |  |           |  +-------- Pleurobema_pyriforme       
        |  |           +--+                                    
        |  |              |  +----- Uniomerus_carolinianus     
        |  |              +--+                                 
        |  |                 |  +-- Fusconaia_flava            
        +--+                 +--+                              
           |                    +-- Eurynia_dilatata           
           |                                                   
           |  +-------------------- Amblema_plicata            
           |  |                                                
           |  |              +----- Toxolasma_parvum           
           |  |  +-----------+                                 
           +--+  |           |  +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus     
              |  |           +--+                              
              |  |              +-- Obliquaria_reflexa         
              |  |                                             
              +--+           +----- Ptychobranchus_subtentus   
                 |  +--------+                                 
                 |  |        |  +-- Potamilus_fragilis         
                 |  |        +--+                              
                 |  |           +-- Medionidus_conradicus      
                 +--+                                          
                    |           +-- Villosa_delumbis           
                    |  +--------+                              
                    |  |        +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata       
                    +--+                                       
                       |  +-------- Lampsilis_teres            
                       +--+                                    
                          |  +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      
                          +--+                                 
                             |  +-- Potamilus_purpuratus       
                             +--+                              
                                +-- Potamilus_alatus           

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