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References

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• Bennett K.F., Reed A.J. & Lutz R.A. 2011. DNA barcoding reveals Brachidontes (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from two ecologically distinct intertidal habitats on Long Key, Florida Keys, are cryptic species, not ecotypes. The Nautilus 125(2): 63-71.
• Berquist DC, Hale JA, Baker P and SM Baker. 2006. Development of ecosystem indicators for the Suwannee River estuary: oyster reef habitat quality along a salinity gradient. Estuaries and Coasts 29: 353-360.
• Bouchet P.,Gofas S. & Rosenberg G. (2013). WoRMS Mollusca: World Marine Mollusca database (version Feb 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 11th March 2013 (Roskov Y., Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Huber M. 2010. Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901
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• J. R. DuBar. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40:1-267
• Lee T and D O Foighil. 2004. Hidden Floridian biodiversity: mitochondrial and nuclear gene tree reveal four cryptic species within the scorched mussel, Branchiodontes exustus, species complex. Marine Ecology 13:3527-3542.
• Mikkelsen PM and R Bieler. 2008. Seashells of Southern Florida. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. pgs. 84-85.
• Riisg?rd HU. 1988. Efficiency of particle retention and filtration rate in 6 species of Northeast American bivalves. Marine Ecology Progress Series 45:217-223.
• Scott PJB. 1988a. Initial settlement behavior and survivorship of Lithophaga bisculata (d'Orbigny) (Mytilidae:Lithophaginae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 54:97-108.
• Scott PJB. 1988b. Distribution, habitat and morphaology of the Caribbean coral- and rock-boring bivalve, Lithophaga bisculata (d'Orbigny) (Mytilidae:Lithophaginae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 54:83-95.Siddall SE. 1980. A classification of the genus Perna (Mytlidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 30:858-870.
• Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al. 1988. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277
• Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526
• Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico,