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30 August 2011 |
Mussel of the Month
The September 2011 Mussel of the Month is Unionetta fabagina. Unionetta is a genus of only two species in the Mekong River of southeastern Asia.
MNHN. Mekong River, Sombor, Cambodia (type).
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Unionetta is one of those genera about which we know almost nothing. A Google Scholar search reveals that the only publication in the last 10 years that cites this mussel is our own global species checklist (Graf & Cummings, 2007). Since things are busy with the beginning of the Fall semester, we will take the opportunity to keep this month's entry short. |
Classification:
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Subclass Palaeoheterodonta
Order Unionoida
Superfamily UNIONOIDEA Rafinesque, 1820
Family UNIONIDAE s.s
Genus Unionetta Haas, 1955
Species Unionetta fabagina
(Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1874) |
If you want to learn more about Unionetta, there aren't many options:
- Brandt, R.A.M. 1974. The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 105(1-4):1-423.
- Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2007. Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 291-314.
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