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 Olivera-Hyde et al. (2020), 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

Olivera-Hyde, M., E. Hallerman, R. Santos, J. Jones, B. Varnerin et al. 2020. Phylogenetic assessment of freshwater mussels Castalia ambigua and C. inflata at an ecotone in the Paraguay River Basin, Brazil shows that inflated and compressed shell morphotypes are the same species. Diversity 12(12), 481: 1-32.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 10

Taxonomic Opinions

Cladogram Figure 10

  +----- Callonaia_duprei 
--+                       
  |  +-- Castalia_ambigua 
  +--+                    
     +-- Castalia_stevensi

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