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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 Zanatta et al. (2007), 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

Zanatta, D.T., A. Ngo & J. Lindell. 2007. Reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships among Anodonta, Pyganodon, and Utterbackia (Bivalva: Unionoida) using mutation coding of allozyme data. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 156: 211-216.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1A
fig. 1B

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta couperiana (Lea, 1840)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta heardi (Gordon & Hoeh, 1995)

Anodonta implicata (Say, 1829)

Anodonta kennerlyi (Lea, 1860)

Anodonta suborbiculata (Say, 1831)

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829)

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon fragilis (Fleming, 1828)

Pyganodon gibbosa (Say, 1824)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peggyae (Johnson, 1965)

Cladogram Figure 1A
                    +-- Platynaias_compressa       
                    |                              
  +-----------------+-- Lasmigona_costata          
  |                 |                              
  |                 +-- Lasmigona_complanata       
  |                                                
--+  +----------------- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |  |                                             
  |  |     +----------- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |  |  +--+                                       
  +--+  |  |  +-------- Utterbackiana_implicata    
     |  |  +--+                                    
     |  |     |  +----- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata
     |  |     +--+                                 
     |  |        |  +-- Utterbackiana_heardi       
     +--+        +--+                              
        |           +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
        |                                          
        |           +-- Utterbackia_peggyae        
        |        +--+                              
        |        |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
        |        |                                 
        +--------+  +-- Pyganodon_gibbosa          
                 |  |                              
                 |  +-- Pyganodon_cataracta        
                 |  |                              
                 +--+-- Pyganodon_fragilis         
                    |                              
                    +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
                    |                              
                    +-- Pyganodon_lacustris        
Cladogram Figure 1B
                    +-- Lasmigona_costata          
                    |                              
  +-----------------+-- Platynaias_compressa       
  |                 |                              
  |                 +-- Lasmigona_complanata       
  |                                                
  |     +-------------- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |  +--+                                          
--+  |  |  +----------- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |  |  +--+                                       
  |  |     |  +-------- Utterbackiana_implicata    
  |  |     +--+                                    
  |  |        |  +----- Utterbackiana_heardi       
  |  |        +--+                                 
  +--+           |  +-- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata
     |           +--+                              
     |              +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
     |                                             
     |              +-- Utterbackia_peggyae        
     |  +-----------+                              
     |  |           +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
     +--+                                          
        |  +----------- Pyganodon_lacustris        
        +--+                                       
           |  +-------- Pyganodon_grandis          
           +--+                                    
              |  +----- Pyganodon_fragilis         
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Pyganodon_gibbosa          
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Pyganodon_cataracta        

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