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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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genus Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886: cladomics
     11 Recent valid species (11 total species)

Cladomics pages are experimental — even more so than the rest of this site!

The purpose of the cladomics pages for each genus and family-group level taxon is to provide statistics and references indicating the extent to which published phylogenetic work supports the classification used here.

The Cladomics Summary provides an overview of the number of studies that have included terminal species representing this taxon as well as an indication of how frequently it has been recovered as monophyletic.

Following the summary, the available published clades representing the taxon are listed.

For more information, visit the Cladomics FARQ (frequently asked rhetorical questions) page. Abbreviations for the various statistics are explained on the FARQ!

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 11 (11 total)
analyzed in 39 cladograms in 21 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 0
maximum number of included terminals = , (mean = median = )
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 0


Graf & Cummings, 2006 [Publ 1968], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014611--
  +-- Chambardia         
--+                      
  +-- Aspatharia_rugifera **

Bolotov et al., 2016 [Publ 3743], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012911--
  +-- Chambardia             
--+                          
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013311--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Smith, 2021 [Publ 4331], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011900--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2018 [Publ 3829], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012711--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Lemer et al., 2019 [Publ 4093], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101500--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Combosch et al., 2017 [Publ 3806], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011411--
  +-- Chambardia             
--+                          
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

González & Giribet, 2015 [Publ 3632], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101500--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Huang et al., 2018 [Publ 3828], fig. 3_5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012811--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119811--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Pfeiffer et al., 2019 [Publ 3937], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015600--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119811--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019011--
  +-- Chambardia             
--+                          
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Bolotov et al., 2017 [Publ 3761], fig. S2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110113811--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016711--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Whelan et al., 2011 [Publ 3380], fig. 1-MP

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013511--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Lopes-Lima et al., 2018 [Publ 3829], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012711--
  +-- Chambardia             
--+                          
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Bieler et al., 2014 [Publ 3622], fig. 28

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101400--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 [Publ 3745], fig. 1-2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017911--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Combosch et al., 2017 [Publ 3806], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011411--
  +-- Chambardia             
--+                          
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Elderkin et al., 2016 [Publ 3693], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101200--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Whelan et al., 2011 [Publ 3380], fig. 1-ML

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013511--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

González & Giribet, 2015 [Publ 3632], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101500--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Bolotov et al., 2017 [Publ 3761], fig. S1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110113811--
  +-- Chambardia             
--+                          
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4455], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012511--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Bolotov et al., 2016 [Publ 3743], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012911--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 2_I

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019011--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

González & Giribet, 2015 [Publ 3632], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101500--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016711--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

González & Giribet, 2015 [Publ 3632], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101500--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014511--
  +-- Chambardia         
--+                      
  +-- Aspatharia_rugifera **

Pfeiffer et al., 2019 [Publ 3937], fig. 4-5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015600--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2020 [Publ 4080], fig. 2-4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110112011--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014511--
  +-- Chambardia         
--+                      
  +-- Aspatharia_rugifera **

Bieler et al., 2014 [Publ 3622], fig. 26_27_29_30

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101400--
-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016711--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014611--
-- Aspatharia_rugifera **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119611--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             

Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. S1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013311--
  +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana **
--+                          
  +-- Chambardia             
 
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