ABSTRACT Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) are interesting because of their
unique life cycles, global aggregate distribution and ancient origin. They are also of practical …

New Zealand has long been a conundrum to biogeographers, possessing as it does
geophysical and biotic features characteristic of both an island and a continent. This schism …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These
bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and …

The Palaeoheterodonta is a diverse clade consisting of the freshwater bivalve order
Unionoida and its marine sister group, Neotrigonia. Neotrigonia is the sole surviving genus …

The objective of this paper is to review the current state of our knowledge of freshwater
bivalve diversity and evolution in order to identify some of the “Great Unanswered …

The subfamily Ambleminae is the most diverse subfamily of fresh‐water mussels (order
Unionoida), a globally diverse and ecologically prominent group of bivalves. About 250 …

The largest Recent family of Bivalvia, the marine Veneridae with approximately 800 species,
comprises one of the least understood and most poorly defined molluscan taxa, despite …

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 …

Jaws and dentition closely resembling those of the extant tuatara (Sphenodon) are
described from the Manuherikia Group (Early Miocene; 19–16 million years ago, Mya) of …