# Megalonaias

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Genus of bivalves

Megalonaias Megalonaias nervosa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Quadrulini Genus: Megalonaias Utterback, 1915

***Megalonaias*** is a genus of [bivalves](/source/Bivalve) belonging to the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae).[1]

The species of this genus are found in North America and Central America.[2]

## Species

Species:[1]

- *[Megalonaias nervosa](/source/Megalonaias_nervosa)* (Rafinesque, 1820)

- *[Megalonaias nickliniana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Megalonaias_nickliniana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lea, 1834)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GBIF_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GBIF_1-1) ["Megalonaias Utterback, 1915"](https://www.gbif.org/species/2288373). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pfeiffer, John M; Sharpe, Ashley E; Johnson, Nathan A; et al. (2018). ["Molecular phylogeny of the Nearctic and Mesoamerican freshwater mussel genus Megalonaias"](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10750-017-3441-7). *Hydrobiologia*. **811** (1): 139–151. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2018HyBio.811..139P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018HyBio.811..139P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/s10750-017-3441-7](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10750-017-3441-7).

Taxon identifiers Megalonaias Wikidata: Q3798830 BOLD: 82703 CoL: 7P8LN EoL: 50326 GBIF: 2288373 iNaturalist: 150005 IRMNG: 1306057 ITIS: 80278 NCBI: 52374 Open Tree of Life: 609672 WoRMS: 856837

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