Unionidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

<i>Ann. gén. Sci. phys.</i>, Bruxelles, <b>5</b>: 290

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Unionida

family

Unionidae

Name

Homonyms

Unionidae

Common names

freshwater mussel in English

målarmusslor in Swedish

Flussmuscheln in German

freshwater mussels in English

målarmusslor in Swedish

Bibliographic References

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2. Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, <i>in</i>: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <i>Malacologia</i> 52(2): 1-184.
3. Gittenberger et al. (2004)
4. Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
5. 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)
6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
8. 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
9. 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.
10. WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/
11. WoRMS (Mar 2013)