John Pfeiffer

• M.S., University of Alabama
• B.S., Northern Michigan University
• Ph.D., University of Florida

• Mollusca
  • Bivalvia

Journal Article

• Hopper, Garrett W., Pfeiffer, John M., Skorupa, Ayla J., Hazelton, Peter D., Atkinson, Carla L., and Cummings, Kevin S. 2025. "Patterns from the Freshwater Mussel Host Database." Freshwater Science, https://doi.org/10.1086/735671.
• Hoang, Huy Duc, Pham, Hung Manh, Tran, Ngan Trong, Durand, Jean-Dominique, Wu, Ling, Pfeiffer, John, Chen, Xiao-Yong, and Page, Lawrence M. 2024. "Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus Poropuntius Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam." ZooKeys, 1204 199–222. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204.120873.
• Keogh, Sean M., Pfeiffer, John M., Simons, Andrew M., and Edie, Stewart M. 2024. "Riverine flow rate drives widespread convergence in the shell morphology of imperiled freshwater mussels." Evolution, 78, (1) 39–52. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad190.
• Lopes-Lima, M., Geist, J., Egg, S., Beran, L., Bikashvili, A., Van Bocxlaer, B., Bogan, A. E., Bolotov, I. N., Chelpanovskaya, O. A., Douda, K., Fernandes, V., Gomes-dos-Santos, A., Gonçalves, D. V., Gürlek, M. E., Johnson, N. A., Karaouzas, I., Kebapçı, Ü, Kondakov, A. V., Kuehn, R., Lajtner, J., Mumladze, L., Nagel, K-O, Neubert, E., Österling, M., Pfeiffer, John M. et al. 2024. "Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108046.
• Page, Lawrence M., Tangjitjaroen, Weerapongse, Limpichat, Jirasin, Randall, Zachary S., Boyd, David A., Tongnunui, Sampan, and Pfeiffer, John M. 2024. "A taxonomic revision of Parachela with descriptions of two new species (Cypriniformes: Xenocyprididae)." Journal of fish biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15869.
• Pfeiffer, John, DuBose, Traci P., and Keogh, Sean M. 2024. "Synthesis of natural history collections data reveals patterns of US freshwater mussel diversity and decline." Biological Conservation, 291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110462.
• Zieritz, Alexandra, Gibbins, Christopher, Cai, Yixiong, Diba, Farah, Gan, Lydia X., Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Mendoza, Jose Christopher E., Morse, John, Ng, Ting Hui, Toh, Elysia X. P., Pfeiffer, John M., Low, Bi Wei, Marwoto, Ristiyanti, Rahim, Khairul Adha A., Shellman, Brooke, Sulaiman, Zohrah, Tan, Zhi Wan, Wowor, Daisy, Syarifuddin, Noor, and Yeo, Darren C. J. 2024. "Prioritising challenges and actions for freshwater conservation in a tropical biodiversity hotspot." Biological Conservation, 299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110839.
• Zieritz, Alexandra, Pfeiffer, John M., Rahim, Khairul Adha A., Prayogo, Hari, Anwari, Muhammad Sofwan, Diba, Farah, Froufe, Elsa, Blackwell, Tabitha, Hartikainen, Hanna, and Lopes-Lima, Manuel. 2024. "High endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) diversity in western Borneo, with description of three new species." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 201, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae076.
• Hopper, Garrett W., Bucholz, Jamie R., DuBose, Traci P., Fogelman, Kaelyn J., Keogh, Sean M., Kubala, Megan E., Lodato, Matthew B., Nichols, David H., Sánchez González, Irene, Pfeiffer, John M., Stoeckel, James A., Lozier, Jeffrey D., and Atkinson, Carla L. 2023. "A trait dataset for freshwater mussels of the United States of America." Scientific Data, 10, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02635-9.
• Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Bolotov, Ivan N., Vikhrev, Ilya V., Inkhavilay, Khamla, Gofarov, Mikhail Yu, Kondakov, Alexander V., Tomilova, Alena A., Chapurina, Yulia E., Van Do, Tu, Pfeiffer, John M., Lopes-Lima, Manuel, and Bogan, Arthur E. 2023. "A freshwater mussel species reflects a Miocene stream capture between the Mekong Basin and East Asian rivers." Zoosystematics and Evolution, 99, (1) 29–43. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.90784.
• Smith, Chase H., Pinto, Brendan J., Kirkpatrick, Mark, Hillis, David M., Pfeiffer, John M., and Havird, Justin C. 2023. "A tale of two paths: The evolution of mitochondrial recombination in bivalves with doubly uniparental inheritance." Journal of Heredity, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad004.
• Gomes‐dos‐Santos, André, Froufe, Elsa, Pfeiffer, John M., Johnson, Nathan A., Smith, Chase H., Machado, André M., Filipe, C. Castro, L., Do, Van Tu, Hattori, Akimasa, Garrison, Nicole, Whelan, Nathan V., Bolotov, Ivan N., Vikhrev, Ilya V., Kondakov, Alexander V., Ghamizi, Mohamed, Prié, Vincent, Bogan, Arthur E., and Lopes Lima, Manuel. 2023. "A novel assembly pipeline and functional annotations for targeted sequencing: A case study on the globally threatened Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia: Unionida)." Molecular Ecology Resources, 1755–0998.13802. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13802.
• Goncalves, Ana, Zieritz, Alexandra, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Deein, Gridsada, and Pfeiffer, John M. 2022. "Taxonomic revision and conservation assessment of the Southeast Asian freshwater mussel genus Chamberlainia Simpson, 1900." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 88, (2). https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyac008.
• Nico, Leo G., Neilson, Matthew E., Robins, Robert H., Pfeiffer, John M., Kail, Matthew, Randall, Zachary S., and Johnson, Eric. 2022. "Occurrence of a reproducing wild population of Channa aurolineata (Pisces: Channidae) in the Manatee River drainage, Florida." Aquatic Invasions, 17, (4) 577–601. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2022.17.4.07.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Graf, Daniel L., Cummings, Kevin S., and Page, Lawrence M. 2021. "Taxonomic revision of a radiation of South-east Asian freshwater mussels (Unionidae : Gonideinae : Contradentini plus Rectidentini)." Invertebrate Systematics, https://doi.org/10.1071/IS20044.
• Zieritz, Alexandra, Jainih, Leonardo, Pfeiffer, John M., Rahim, Khairul Adha A., Prayogo, Hari, Anwari, Muhammad Sofwan, Fikri, Arman Hadi, Diba, Farah, Taha, Hussein, Sulaiman, Zohrah, Froufe, Elsa, and Lopes-Lima, Manuel. 2021. "A new genus and two new, rare freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) species endemic to Borneo are threatened by ongoing habitat destruction." Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3695.
• Atkinson, Carla L., van Ee, Brian C., and Pfeiffer, John M. 2020. "Evolutionary history drives aspects of stoichiometric niche variation and functional effects within a guild." Ecology, 101, (9) e03100. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3100.
• Page, Lawrence M., Pfeiffer, John M., Suksri, Siriwan, Randall, Zachary S., and Boyd, David A. 2020. "Variation in the Arrow Loach, Nemacheilus masyae (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), in Mainland Southeast Asia with Description of a New Species." Copeia, 108, (2) 392–402. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-19-305.
• Smith, Chase H., Pfeiffer, John M., and Johnson, Nathan A. 2020. "Comparative phylogenomics reveal complex evolution of life history strategies in a clade of bivalves with parasitic larvae (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Ambleminae)." Cladistics, https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12423.
• Zieritz, Alexandra, Taha, Hussein, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Pfeiffer, John, Sing, Kong Wah, Sulaiman, Zohrah, McGowan, Suzanne, and Rahim, Khairul Adha A. 2020. "Towards the conservation of Borneo's freshwater mussels: rediscovery of the endemic Ctenodesma borneensis and first record of the non-native Sinanodonta lauta." Biodiversity and Conservation, 29 2235–2253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01971-1.
• Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Pfeiffer, John M., Vikhrev, Ilya V., Kondakov, Alexander V., Gofarov, Mikhail Yu, Aksenova, Olga V., Lunn, Zau, Chan, Nyein, and Bolotov, Ivan N. 2019. "A new genus and two new species of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from western Indochina." Scientific Reports, 9, (1) 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39365-1.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Atkinson, Carla L., Sharpe, Ashley E., Capps, Krista A., Emery, Kitty F., and Page, Lawrence M. 2019. "Phylogeny of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae." Zoologica Scripta, 48, (1) 106–117. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12322.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Breinholt, Jesse W., and Page, Larry M. 2019. "Unioverse: A phylogenomic resource for reconstructing the evolution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionoida)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 137 114–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.016.
• Bolotov, Ivan N., Pfeiffer, John M., Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Vikhrev, Ilya V., Kondakov, Alexander V., Aksenova, Olga V., Gofarov, Mikhail Yu, Tumpeesuwan, Sakboworn, and Win, Than. 2018. "A new genus and tribe of freshwater mussel (Unionidae) from Southeast Asia." Scientific Reports, 8, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28385-y.
• Johnson, Nathan A., Smith, Chase H., Pfeiffer, John M., Randklev, Charles R., Williams, James D., and Austin, James D. 2018. "Integrative taxonomy resolves taxonomic uncertainty for freshwater mussels being considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act." Scientific Reports, 8, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33806-z.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Graf, Daniel L., Cummings, Kevin S., and Page, Lawrence M. 2018. "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of two enigmatic freshwater mussel genera (Bivalvia: Unionidae incertae sedis: Harmandia and Unionetta) reveals a diverse clade of Southeast Asian Parreysiinae." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 84, (4) 404–416. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyy028.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Sharpe, Ashley E., Johnson, Nathan A., Emery, Kitty F., and Page, Lawrence M. 2018. "Molecular phylogeny of the Nearctic and Mesoamerican freshwater mussel genus Megalonaias." Hydrobiologia, 811, (1) 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3441-7.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Sharpe, Ashley E., Johnson, Nathan A., Emery, Kitty F., and Page, Lawrence M. 2018. "Correction to: Molecular phylogeny of the Nearctic and Mesoamerican freshwater mussel genus Megalonaias." Hydrobiologia, 811, (1) 153–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3459-x.
• Smith, Chase H., Johnson, Nathan A., Pfeiffer, John M., and Gangloff, Michael M. 2018. "Molecular and morphological data reveal non-monophyly and speciation in imperiled freshwater mussels (Anodontoides and Strophitus)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 119 50–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.018.
• Zieritz, Alexandra, Bogan, Arthur E., Froufe, Elsa, Klishko, Olga, Kondo, Takaki, Kovitvadhi, Uthaiwan, Kovitvadhi, Satit, Lee, Jin Hee, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Pfeiffer, John M., Sousa, Ronaldo, Van Do, Tu, Vikhrev, Ilya, and Zanatta, David T. 2018. "Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia." Hydrobiologia, 810, (1) 29–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3104-8.
• Boyd, David A., Nithirojpakdee, Patchara, Deein, Gridsada, Vidthayanon, Chavalit, Grudpan, Chaiwut, Tangjitjaroen, Weerapongse, Pfeiffer, John M., Randall, Zachary S., Srisombat, Tippamas, and Page, Lawrence M. 2017. "Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis ), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia." Zootaxa, 4341, (2) 151–192. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.1.
• Ciccotto, Patrick J., Pfeiffer, John M., and Page, Lawrence M. 2017. "Revision of the Cyprinid Genus Crossocheilus (Tribe Labeonini) with Description of a New Species." Copeia, 105, (2) 269–292. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-16-538.
• Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Froufe, Elsa, Do, Van Tu, Ghamizi, Mohamed, Mock, Karen E., Kebapçı, Ümit, Klishko, Olga, Kovitvadhi, Satit, Kovitvadhi, Uthaiwan, Paulo, Octávio S., Pfeiffer, John M., Raley, Morgan, Riccardi, Nicoletta, Şereflişan, Hülya, Sousa, Ronaldo, Teixeira, Amílcar, Varandas, Simone, Wu, Xiaoping, Zanatta, David T., Zieritz, Alexandra, and Bogan, Arthur E. 2017. "Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 106 174–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.021.
• Singer, Randal A., Pfeiffer, John M., and Page, Lawrence M. 2017. "A revision of the Paracanthocobitis zonalternans (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) species complex with descriptions of three new species." Zootaxa, 4324, (1) 85–107. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.5.
• Pfeiffer, John M., Johnson, Nathan A., Randklev, Charles R., Howells, Robert G., and Williams, James D. 2016. "Generic reclassification and species boundaries in the rediscovered freshwater mussel 'Quadrula' mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1896)." Conservation Genetics, 17, (2) 279–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-015-0780-7.
• Graf, Daniel L., Jones, Hugh, Geneva, Anthony J., Pfeiffer, John M., and Klunzinger, Michael W. 2015. "Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports a Gondwanan origin of the Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) and the paraphyly of Australasian taxa." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 85 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.01.012.
• Pfeiffer, John M. and Graf, Daniel L. 2015. "Evolution of bilaterally asymmetrical larvae in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175, (2) 307–318. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12282.
• Graf, Daniel L., Geneva, Anthony J., Pfeiffer, John M., and Chilala, Alex D. 2014. "Phylogenetic analysis of Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928 and Mweruella Haas, 1936 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Mweru (Congo basin) supports a Quaternary radiation in the Zambian Congo." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80, (3) 303–314. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu012.
• Pfeiffer, John M. and Graf, Daniel L. 2013. "Re-analysis confirms the polyphyly of Lamprotula Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia: Unionidae)." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79, (3) 249–256. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyt022.