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Unionidae
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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FAMILY
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Published in
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Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. ? .
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Mollusca
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class
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Bivalvia
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order
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Unionida
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family
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Unionidae
Name
- Synonyms
- Jilinoconchidae
- Homonyms
- Unionidae
- Common names
- Freshwater Mussel in English
- Freshwater Mussel in English
- Maler- & dammuslinger in Danish
- freshwater mussel in English
- River Mussels in English
- River Mussels in English
- målarmusslor in Swedish
- Flussmuscheln in German
- Freshwater Mussels in English
- Freshwater Mussels in English
- freshwater mussels in English
- målarmusslor in Swedish
Bibliographic References
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Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
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Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
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Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9.
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Gittenberger et al. (2004)
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Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 495 Designation., under the Plenary Powers of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage for the nominal genus Unio Philipsson, 1788 (class Pelecypoda) and validation under the same Powers of the family-group name Margaritiferidae Haas, 1940.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 17(17), 287-322 (1957)
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Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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Pfeiffer J.M., Breinholt J.W. & Page L.M. (2019). Unioverse: A phylogenomic resource for reconstructing the evolution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionoida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 137: 114-126.
10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.016
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Simpson, C. T. (1892). On a revision of the American Unionidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(7): 78-80.
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Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
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WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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WoRMS Editorial Board (2016-01-17 23:00:00) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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Wright, S. H. & Wright, B. H. (1892). On the revision of the Unionidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(7): 80-81.