Taxonomy Profile: Margaritifera monodonta (Say 1829)

Margaritifera monodonta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Cumberlandia monodonta
Say 1829
Unio monodonta
Say 1829
Unio soleniformis
Lea 1831
Common Name(s):
spectaclecase []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Margaritifera monodonta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Bivalvia
bivalves |
clams |
bivalve |
mexilhão |
ostra |
bivalves |
palourdes |
Order : Unionoida
Superfamily : Unionoidea
Species : Margaritifera monodonta
spectaclecase |
Margaritifera monodonta Direct Children(s):
Margaritifera monodonta: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
MUSSEL Project Web Site
Acquired:
2013-08-08
Notes:
Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net
Reference for:
Margaritifera monodonta
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-11-01 / 2007-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4
Page(s):
291-314
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0260-1230
Notes:
doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029
Reference for:
Margaritifera monodonta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-09-01 / 1993-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fisheries, vol. 18, no. 9
Page(s):
6-22
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Margaritifera monodonta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Haag, Wendell R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-01-01 / 2012-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation
Page(s):
538
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
9780521199384/
Notes:
Reference for:
Margaritifera monodonta
Margaritifera monodonta: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Margaritifera monodonta: Comments
Comment:
Widespread but discontinuous distribution in the Interior Basin of eastern North America