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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 Neemuchwala et al. (2023), 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

Neemuchwala, S., N.A. Johnson, J.M. Pfeiffer, M. Lopes-Lima, A. Gomes-dos-Santos et al. 2023. Coevolution with host fishes shapes parasitic life histories in a group of freshwater mussels (Unionidae: Quadrulini). Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biology 2(1): 1-25.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 2

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Gonidea angulata

Lampsilis cardium

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema strodeanum

Popenaias popeii

Pustulosa infucata (Conrad, 1834)

Pustulosa kieneriana (Lea, 1852)

Pustulosa kleiniana (Lea, 1852)

Pustulosa necki (Burlakova, Karatayev, Lopes-Lima & Bogan in Burlakova et al., 2018)

Pustulosa nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pustulosa petrina (Gould, 1855)

Pustulosa pustulosa (Lea, 1831)

Pustulosa succissa (Lea, 1852)

Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860)

Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1835)

Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1854)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)

Theliderma intermedia (Conrad, 1836)

Theliderma johnsoni Bogan & Lopes-Lima in Lopes-Lima & Bogan, 2019

Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Theliderma sparsa (Lea, 1841)

Theliderma stapes (Lea, 1831)

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)

Uniomerus columbensis (Lea, 1857)

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Cladogram Figure 2
  +-------------------------------- Gonidea_angulata      
  |                                                       
  |                       +-------- Pleurobema_strodeanum 
  |  +--------------------+                               
--+  |                    |  +----- Amblema_plicata       
  |  |                    +--+                            
  |  |                       |  +-- Lampsilis_cardium     
  |  |                       +--+                         
  +--+                          +-- Popenaias_popeii      
     |                                                    
     |  +-------------------------- Megalonaias_nervosa   
     |  |                                                 
     |  |                 +-------- Uniomerus_carolinianus
     |  |  +--------------+                               
     +--+  |              |  +----- Uniomerus_columbensis 
        |  |              +--+                            
        |  |                 |  +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus 
        |  |                 +--+                         
        |  |                    +-- Uniomerus_declivis    
        +--+                                              
           |              +-------- Theliderma_cylindrica 
           |  +-----------+                               
           |  |           |  +----- Theliderma_metanevra  
           |  |           +--+                            
           |  |              |  +-- Theliderma_sparsa     
           |  |              +--+                         
           +--+                 +-- Theliderma_johnsoni   
              |                                           
              |  +----------------- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
              |  |                                        
              |  |        +-------- Quadrula_nobilis      
              |  |  +-----+                               
              +--+  |     |  +----- Quadrula_verrucosa    
                 |  |     +--+                            
                 |  |        |  +-- Quadrula_fragosa      
                 |  |        +--+                         
                 |  |           +-- Quadrula_quadrula     
                 +--+                                     
                    |        +----- Pustulosa_nodulata    
                    |  +-----+                            
                    |  |     |  +-- Pustulosa_necki       
                    |  |     +--+                         
                    |  |        +-- Pustulosa_petrina     
                    +--+                                  
                       |        +-- Pustulosa_kieneriana  
                       |  +-----+                         
                       |  |     +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa   
                       +--+                               
                          |  +----- Pustulosa_succissa    
                          +--+                            
                             |  +-- Pustulosa_infucata    
                             +--+                         
                                +-- Pustulosa_kleiniana   

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