Unveiling the identity of Diaurora Cockerell, 1903 (Bivalvia, Unionidae): morphology, molecular phylogenetics, and the description of a new species
The monotypic freshwater mussel genus Diaurora Cockerell, 1903 has long been enigmatic due to its rarity and morphological confusion with Acuticosta. In this study, we comprehensively redescribed Diaurora aurorea (Heude, 1883) through a detailed analysis of shell morphology and molecular phylogeneti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2023-08-01
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Series: | ZooKeys |
Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/106148/download/pdf/ |