2008
DOI: 10.1899/07-069.1
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Freshwater bivalve (Unioniformes) diversity, systematics, and evolution: status and future directions

Abstract: Freshwater bivalves of the order Unioniformes represent the largest bivalve radiation in freshwater. The unioniform radiation is unique in the class Bivalvia because it has an obligate parasitic larval stage on the gills or fins of fish; it is divided into 6 families, 181 genera, and ∼800 species. These families are distributed across 6 of the 7 continents and represent the most endangered group of freshwater animals alive today. North American unioniform bivalves have been the subject of study and illustratio… Show more

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“…Diversity patterns at the global scale FB are a polyphyletic group of animals restricted to fresh waters with a little over 1,200 described species (Bogan, 2008;Bogan & Roe, 2008;Graf, 2013). The main core of the group (99%) is composed of freshwater mussels of the order Unionida (strictly freshwater) (72%) and species belonging to 7 families within the order Venerida (27%) (Fig.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Diversity patterns at the global scale FB are a polyphyletic group of animals restricted to fresh waters with a little over 1,200 described species (Bogan, 2008;Bogan & Roe, 2008;Graf, 2013). The main core of the group (99%) is composed of freshwater mussels of the order Unionida (strictly freshwater) (72%) and species belonging to 7 families within the order Venerida (27%) (Fig.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Due to their ecological and economic importance, interesting biological traits (e.g., a parasitic life with the reproductive dependence on a host fish and a particular form of mitochondrial inheritance called double uniparental inheritance; Barnhart et al, 2008;Breton et al, 2007;Hoeh et al, 1996Hoeh et al, , 2002a, scientific research on Unionida has grown in recent years (Haag, 2012;Lopes-Lima et al, 2014). However, taxon-based conservation efforts focused on the Unionidae are hindered by various phylogenetic and taxonomic uncertainties (e.g., Inoue et al, 2014;, and many species, especially those outside of North America and Western Europe, have been assigned a Data Deficient status by the IUCN (Bogan and Roe, 2008;IUCN, 2015;Kohler et al, 2012).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The Unionidae is by far the most species rich family within the order Unionida, with 620 species in 142 genera (Bogan and Roe, 2008) widely distributed across the freshwater ecosystems of Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. The first classification of the global Unionidae fauna was attempted by Lea (1836Lea ( , 1838Lea ( , 1852Lea ( , 1870, and later updated by Simpson (1900Simpson ( , 1914.…”
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“…The genus Unio is among the most widespread freshwater mussel taxa in the world (Bogan & Roe 2008). However, the recently redescribed Unio delphinus (Froufe et al 2016a;Lopes-Lima et al 2016) is restricted to the main Atlantic basins of the Iberian Peninsula (Froufe et al 2016a).…”
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