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Pyganodon  Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Taxonomic Serial No.: 567112

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Flexiplis Rafinesque, 1831
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassPalaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965  
                      OrderUnionoida Stoliczka, 1871  
                         SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                            FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                               SubfamilyUnioninae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  TribeAlasmidontini Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     GenusPyganodon Crosse & Fischer, 1894  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesPyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) – eastern floater 
                                        SpeciesPyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819) – Newfoundland floater 
                                        SpeciesPyganodon gibbosa (Say, 1824) – inflated floater 
                                        SpeciesPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) – giant floater 
                                        SpeciesPyganodon implicata (Say, 1829) – alewife floater 
                                        SpeciesPyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) – lake floater 
       

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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Pyganodon   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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