Here we provide public access to six DNA sequence alignments and details on all specimens utilized in Smith and Johnson (2020).

Here we provide public access to six DNA sequence alignments and details on all specimens utilized in Smith and Johnson (2020).

Longstanding taxonomic uncertainties have limited conservation efforts for species currently assigned to the freshwater mussel genus Alasmidonta. Here, we present mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data needed to assess the genus- and species-level taxonomy of Alasmidonta. These molecular data allowed us to test whether cryptic diversity exists within Alasmidonta and whether A. triangulata and A. arcula are distinct species. Details associated with specimens and DNA sequence data are provided here to provide a foundation for future research on Alasmidonta and give conservation agencies greater confidence in the findings of our work.

Here we provide public access to three DNA sequence alignments (COI, ND1, ITS1) and details on all specimens utilized in Keogh et al. (in review).

Here we provide public access to three DNA sequence alignments (COI, ND1, ITS1) and details on all specimens utilized in Keogh et al. (in review).

Data include fasta files of full mitochondrial sequence data for the male and female mitotypes of the mucket (Ortamannia ligamentina). These have been deposited in the NCBI database under BioSample Accession number SAMN39271813, SRA Accession number SRR27608898, and GenBank Accession numbers : PP103562 and PP103563.

Data from metabarcoding assays to detect a suite of mussel species using mitochondrial DNA regions of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit (ND1) genes sequences.

The freshwater mussel Quadrula quadrula of eastern North America occupies several isolated river drainages along the coastal Gulf of Mexico and northward in the Mississippi Basin and Great Lakes. Previous work has documented high morphological and genetic variation across its range but due to paraphyly of mitochondrial barcodes, variants are currently recognized as conspecific. Here we present sequence data from three genomes including male- and female-inherited mitochondrial markers and thousands of nuclear encoded SNPs that were used to disentangle the evolutionary history of this species complex. We also provide morphological and geographic data, which was analyzed with the molecular data in a comparative context to illuminate the group’s divergence history.

The freshwater mussel Quadrula quadrula of eastern North America occupies several isolated river drainages along the coastal Gulf of Mexico and northward in the Mississippi Basin and Great Lakes. Previous work has documented high morphological and genetic variation across its range but due to paraphyly of mitochondrial barcodes, variants are currently recognized as conspecific. Here we present sequence data from three genomes including male- and female-inherited mitochondrial markers and thousands of nuclear encoded SNPs that were used to disentangle the evolutionary history of this species complex. We also provide morphological and geographic data, which was analyzed with the molecular data in a comparative context to illuminate the group’s divergence history.

The North American freshwater mussel tribe Quadrulini has a suite of life history adaptations, however, the evolution of life histories in this group has yet to be explored using comparative phylogenetic methods. Here we provide the AHE DNA sequence alignment representing 27 species from the subfamily Ambleminae that was used to estimate a phylogenomic reconstruction of Quadrulini. Additionally, we provide a compilation of host use information and larval length and height measurements utilized to trace the evolution of life history characteristics, such as larval morphology and host attraction strategy. Phylogenetic trees are presented representing phylogenetic inference performed under Maximum Likelihood, Maximum Parsimony, Bayesian Inference, and coalescent-based approaches. Findings from these datasets and analyses suggest the diversification of Quadrulini has been influenced by the codiversification of their larval hosts.