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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Main Authors: Zhong-Guang Chen, Yu-Ting Dai, Shan Ouyang, Xiao-Chen Huang, Xiao-Ping Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-08-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/106148/download/pdf/