Pyganodon
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Pyganodon is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Unioninae of the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
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)
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- InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).