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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 Marshall et al. (2014), 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/db.php?ty=publ&id=3593 
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 Publication information 
Marshall, B.A., M.C. Fenwick & P.A. Ritchie. 2014. New Zealand Recent Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida). Molluscan Research 34(3): 181-200. 
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Cladogram Figures
(click the figure number to see the cladogram) fig. 1
  
Taxonomic Opinions
	 Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
	 
	Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
	 + Unio zelebori Dunker, 1866
	 
	Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)
	 
	Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1828)
	 
	Diplodon chilensis (Gray, 1828)
	 
	Diplodon deceptus (Simpson, 1914)
	 
	Diplodon wagnerianum Simpson, 1900
	 + Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827
	 
	Echyridella aucklandica (Gray, 1843)
	 + Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
	 + Diplodon websteri Simpson, 1902
	 + Diplodon (Hyridella) lutulentus Suter, 1913
	 + Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953
	 + Hyridella aucklandicus aucklandicus Dell, 1953
	 + Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
	 
	Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
	 + Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845
	 + Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
	 + Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
	 + Unio menziesianus Reeve, 1865
	 + Unio aucklandicus Reeve, 1865
	 + Unio zelebori Hutton, 1880
	 + Unio depauperata Hutton, 1882
	 + Unio rugatus Hutton, 1882
	 + Diplodon (Hyridella s.s.) menziezi Simpson, 1900
	 + Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905
	 
	Echyridella onekaka (Fenwick & Marshall, 2006)
	 + Diplodon (Hyridella) lutulentus Suter, 1913
	 
	Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)
	 
	Lortiella rugatus (Sowerby, 1868)
	 
	Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
	 
	Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
	 
	Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
	 
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Cladogram Figure 1
              +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  +-----------+                                 
  |           |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |           +--+                              
  |              +-- Unio_pictorum              
--+                                             
  |  +-------------- Amblema_plicata            
  |  |                                          
  |  |        +----- Echyridella_aucklandica    
  |  |  +-----+                                 
  +--+  |     |  +-- Echyridella_menziesii      
     |  |     +--+                              
     |  |        +-- Echyridella_onekaka        
     |  |                                       
     +--+     +----- Velesunio_ambiguus         
        |  +--+                                 
        |  |  |  +-- Velesunio                  
        |  |  +--+                              
        |  |     +-- Lortiella                  
        +--+                                    
           |     +-- Cucumerunio_novaehollandiae
           |  +--+                              
           |  |  +-- Hyridella_australis        
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Diplodon_chilensis         
              +--+                              
                 +-- Diplodon_gratus            
 
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