Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer	Rebekah Rogers
Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published papers. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.)	Yes
Is the language of sufficient quality?	Yes
Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed
Are all data available and do they match the descriptions in the paper?	Yes
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Are the data and metadata consistent with relevant minimum information or reporting standards? See GigaDB checklists for examples <a href="http://gigadb.org/site/guide" target="_blank">http://gigadb.org/site/guide</a>	Yes
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Is the data acquisition clear, complete and methodologically sound?	Yes
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Is there sufficient detail in the methods and data-processing steps to allow reproduction?	Yes
Additional Comments	All methods seem standard and high quality for a genome release.
Is there sufficient data validation and statistical analyses of data quality?	Yes
Additional Comments	If the authors could add a table comparing with other Unio genomes, that might be helpful. Gene numbers, busco scores, N50s, and other relevant stats. It will help readers see the value of this more contiguous genome -V. ellipsiforma (Renaut et al.) -M nervosa -P. streckersonii
Is the validation suitable for this type of data?	Yes
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Is there sufficient information for others to reuse this dataset or integrate it with other data?	Yes
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author
Recommendation	Accept