''Pyganodon'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater mussel
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves.
The majority of species of bivalve molluscs ...
s,
aquatic bivalve
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Unioninae of the family
Unionidae
The Unionidae are a 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 at its most diverse ...
, 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
''Pyganodon grandis'', the giant floater, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is fast-growing, large, and has a short lifespan.
This species is native to the Un ...
''
(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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