Dr. Daniel L. Graf's
Cirriculum Vitae

Publications

† indicates student collaborators.

Graf, D.L. 2011. Types of French freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoidea) in the Arnould Locard collection at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Zoosystema 33: 451-514. doi:10.5252/z2011n4a3

Whelan, N.V.†, A.J. Geneva† & D.L. Graf. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of tropical freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) resolves the position of Coelatura and supports a monophyletic Unionidae. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 61: 504-514. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.016

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2011. Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. Hydrobiologia 678: 17-36. doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5

Seddon, M., C. Appleton, D. Van Damme & D.L. Graf. 2011. Freshwater molluscs of Africa: diversity, distribution, and conservation. [in] W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D.J. Allen, R.A. Holland, I.J. Harrison & E.G.E. Broods (eds.). The Diversity of Life in African Freshwaters: Under Water, Under Threat. An Analysis of the Status and Distribution of Freshwater Species Throughout Mainland Africa. IUCN, Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland. pp. 95-125. Available online from the IUCN.

Graf, D.L., A. Jørgensen, D. Van Damme & T.K. Kristensen. 2011. The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs (Mollusca). [in] E.G.E. Brooks, D.J. Allen & W.R.T. Darwall (eds.). The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Central Africa. IUCN, Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland. pp. 48-61. Available online from Conservation International.

Graf, D.L. 2010. Funeral for the Nouvelle École –iana generic names introduced for freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 1-24. doi:10.1635/053.159.0101

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2010. Comments on the value of COI for family-level freshwater mussel systematics: a reply to Hoeh, Bogan, Heard & Chapman. Malacologia 52: 191-197. doi:10.4002/040.052.0115.

Cummings, K.S. D.L. Graf. 2009. Mollusca: Bivalvia. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition. Academic Press-Elsevier, New York. pp. 309-384. More information from Elsevier.

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2009. Actual and alleged freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) from Madagascar and the Mascarenes, with description of a new genus, Germainaia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158: 221-238. doi:10.1635/053.158.0112

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2007. Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 291-314. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym029

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2007. Preliminary review of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) of northern Africa, with an emphasis on the Nile. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 53D: 89-118. Online access thru the MUSSELp Web Site.

Graf, D.L. 2007. Palearctic freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) diversity and the Comparatory Method as a species concept. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 156: 71-88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2007)156[71:PFMMBU]2.0.CO;2

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2006. Palaeoheterodont Diversity (Mollusca: Trigonioida + Unionoida): What we know and what we wish we knew about freshwater mussel evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 343-394. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00259.x

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2006. Freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Angola, with description of a new species, Mutela wistarmorrisi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155: 163-194. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-163.1

Graf, D.L. 2002. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of two problematic freshwater mussel genera (Unio and Gonidea) and a re-evaluation of the classification of Nearctic Unionidae (Bivalvia: Palaeoheterodonta: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 65-71. doi:10.1093/mollus/68.1.65

Graf, D.L. 2002. The historical biogeography and late glacial origin of the freshwater pearly mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) faunas of Lake Erie. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 6: 175-211.

Graf, D.L. 2001. The Cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of Recent North America, north of Mexico. Walkerana 12: 1-124.

Graf, D.L. & D. O Foighil. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 28S rDNA supports a Gondwanan origin for Australasian Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia/ Unionoida). Vie Milieu 50: 245-254.

Graf, D.L. & D. O Foighil. 2000. The evolution of brooding characters among the freshwater pearly mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoidea) of North America. Journal of Molluscan Studies 66: 157-170. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.2.157

Graf, D.L. 2000. The Etherioidea revisited: a phylogenetic analysis of hyriid relationships (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Paleoheterodonta: Unionoida). Occasional Papers of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (729): 1-21. Online access thru Deep Blue.

O Foighil, D. & D.L. Graf. 2000. Prodissoconch morphology of the relict marine paleoheterodont Neotrigonia margaritacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) indicates a non-planktotrophic prejuvenile ontogeny. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80: 173-174. Online access thru Cambridge University Press.

Graf, D.L. & J.S. Sparks. 2000. Sometimes Too Much is Not Enough: A comment on the use of mtDNA to recover ancient relationships. Naive Verificationist 1(1): 1-13. Click here to download a pdf.

Graf, D.L. 1998. Freshwater Pearly Mussels: Pigtoes and Ortmann's Law. American Conchologist 26(2): 20-21.

Graf, D.L. 1997. Sympatric speciation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea): a model. American Malacological Bulletin 14: 35-40.

Graf, D.L. 1997. Northern redistribution of freshwater pearly mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) during Wisconsin deglaciation in the southern Glacial Lake Agassiz region: a review. American Midland Naturalist 138: 37-47. Online access thru Jstor.

Graf, D.L. 1997. The effect of breeding period on the biogeography of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) in the Minnesota Region of North America. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 5: 393-407. Online access thru the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Graf, D.L. & J.C. Underhill. 1997. The western Lake Superior freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) community and its origin. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 5: 409-417. Online access thru the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Graf, D.L. 1997. Distribution of unionoid (Bivalvia) faunas in Minnesota, USA. Nautilus 110: 45-54. Online access thru the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Last updated 19 January 2012