Pyganodon
Genus of bivalves
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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  | |
| 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
- 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)
