''Pyganodon'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
freshwater mussel
Freshwater bivalves are molluscs of the order Bivalvia that inhabit freshwater ecosystems. They are one of the two main groups of freshwater molluscs, along with freshwater snails.
The majority of bivalve molluscs are saltwater species that l ...
s,
aquatic
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Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
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bivalve
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Unioninae of the family
Unionidae
The Unionidae are a Family (biology), family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is a ...
, the river mussels.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyganodon Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571699 on 2022-03-13]
Species within the genus ''Pyganodon''
* ''
Pyganodon cataracta''
(Say, 1817)
* ''
Pyganodon fragilis'' (
Lamarck, 1819)
* ''
Pyganodon gibbosa''
(Say, 1824)
* ''
Pyganodon grandis''
(Say, 1829)
* ''
Pyganodon lacustris''
(I. Lea, 1857)
;Synonyms:
* ''Pyganodon implicata''
(Say, 1829): synonym of ''
Utterbackiana implicata''
(Say, 1829)
* ''Pyganodon lugubris''
(Say, 1829): synonym of ''Pyganodon grandis''
(Say, 1829)
* ''Pyganodon marginata''
(Say, 1817): synonym of ''Pyganodon cataracta''
(Say, 1817)
* ''Pyganodon simpsonaia''
(I. Lea, 1861): synonym of ''Pyganodon grandis''
(Say, 1829)
* ''Pyganodon simpsoniana''
(I. Lea, 1861): synonym of ''Pyganodon grandis''
(Say, 1829)
References
* Williams, J. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp.
* InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
Bivalve genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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