Dear Wim,

that I know, but I sent also this name as it is anodonta in the Genus name.
Sorry for that.
Helmut

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> Helmut
>
> Pseudanodonta is not the same genus as Anodonta !!!!!!!!!
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van:  helmut nisters [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Verzonden:    donderdag 19 oktober 2000 14:57
> > Aan:  [log in to unmask]
> > Onderwerp:    AW: Re: Rhode Island Unios
> >
> > We in Europe have:
> > Anodonta anatina
> > Anodonta cygnea
> > Pseudanodonta complanata
> > well known representatives of the Genus Anodonta
> > with best shelling greetings
> >
> > Helmut "Helix" Nisters
> > private:
> > Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
> > A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
> > phone: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
> > e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > website: www.netwing.at/nisters
> > office:
> > Natural History Department of the
> > Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
> > Feldstrasse 11a
> > A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
> > phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37
> > e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > website: www.tiroler-landesmuseum.at
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > > >Is the genus Anodonta no longer used for any species?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Linda Bush
> > > >
> > >
> > > Anodonta has been split based on genetic evidence. North America now
has
> > > Anodonta, Utterbackia, and Pyganodon.  Much of this is based on the
work
> > of
> > > my colleague Randy Hoeh, now at Kent State here in Ohio. My own
studies
> > of
> > > fossil mussels suggests that eastern anodontines are related to
European
> > > species, while western ones are derived from Asia (the same for
> > > Margaritifera), so I support the splitting. Further splitting world
wide
> > > will be needed to capture the phylogeny of this group.
> > >
> > > The watershed paper is:
> > >
> > > Hoeh, W.R. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships among Eastern North
American
> > > Anodonta (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Malacological Review 23(1-2):63-82.
> > >
> > >
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