Pyganodon is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Unioninae of the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[1]
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| Shell of Pyganodon fragilis (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Subfamily: | Unioninae |
| Tribe: | Anodontini |
| Genus: | Pyganodon Crosse & Fischer, 1894 |
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Species within the genus Pyganodon
edit- 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)
References
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- ^ 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
- 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).
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