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. > > > > > > ***************************************** > > G Thomas Watters, PhD > > Ohio Biological Survey & > > Aquatic Ecology Laboratory > > The Ohio State University > > 1315 Kinnear Road > > Columbus, OH 43212 USA > > v: 614-292-6170 f: 614-292-0181 > > ****************************************** > > > > "The world is my oyster except for months with an 'R' in them" - > Firesign > > Theater > > > > "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and > he > > has to buy a license" - GTW > > > > "Beliefs are more powerful than facts" - Duke Paulus Atreides > >