Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae

genus Microdontia Tapparone Canefri, 1883: cladomics

1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

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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.

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Cladomics Summary

number of species = 1 (1 total)
analyzed in 14 cladograms in 8 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)


Cladograms

Graf et al., 2015 [Publ 3619], fig. 1

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.833 1 1 0 1 19 6 4 **
Cladomics cladogram Westralunio Alathyria jacksoni Velesunio Alathyria profuga Alathyria pertexta Microdontia anodontaeformis Lortiella

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 2a_b

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 1 1 0 1 20 5 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio ambiguus Microdontia anodontaeformis Lortiella Alathyria Velesunio angasi

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 4

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 1 1 0 1 20 5 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio ambiguus Alathyria Velesunio angasi Lortiella Microdontia anodontaeformis

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 1 1 0 1 200 6 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga Velesunio Alathyria pertexta Lortiella Microdontia anodontaeformis

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 1 1 0 1 198 6 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga Alathyria pertexta Lortiella Microdontia anodontaeformis

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 1 1 0 1 200 6 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga Alathyria pertexta Lortiella Microdontia anodontaeformis

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.500 1 1 0 1 632 9 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio 1 Alathyria jacksoni 1 Velesunio ambiguus Alathyria profuga Velesunio 3 Microdontia anodontaeformis Lortiella Velesunio angasi Alathyria pertexta 2 Velesunio 2 Alathyria jacksoni 2 Alathyria pertexta 1

Lawrie et al., 2026 [Publ 4843], fig. 1

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 1 1 0 1 17 10 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Westralunio Velesunio 6 Alathyria jacksoni 2 Alathyria profuga Velesunio ambiguus Velesunio 5 Alathyria pertexta 2 Velesunio 4 Alathyria jacksoni 1 Alathyria pertexta 1 Lortiella Velesunio 3 Microdontia anodontaeformis Velesunio angasi Velesunio 1 Velesunio 2

Prié et al., 2026 [Publ 4844], fig. 2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.833 1 1 0 1 22 4 4 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio Alathyria Lortiella Microdontia anodontaeformis

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.800 1 1 0 1 29 5 3 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Microdontia anodontaeformis Lortiella Alathyria pertexta Velesunio Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.800 1 1 0 1 29 5 3 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Microdontia anodontaeformis Alathyria pertexta Lortiella Velesunio Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.800 1 1 0 1 138 5 3 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Alathyria pertexta Microdontia anodontaeformis Lortiella Velesunio Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga

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

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.800 1 1 0 1 138 5 3 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio Alathyria jacksoni Alathyria profuga Microdontia anodontaeformis Alathyria pertexta Lortiella

Lawrie et al., 2026 [Publ 4843], fig. 2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.600 1 1 0 1 8 8 3 0.0
Cladomics cladogram Velesunio 9 Velesunio ambiguus Alathyria jacksoni 4 Alathyria profuga Velesunio 5 Velesunio 8 Microdontia anodontaeformis Lortiella Velesunio angasi Velesunio 6 Velesunio 7 Velesunio 4 Alathyria jacksoni 1 Alathyria jacksoni 2 Alathyria jacksoni 3 Alathyria pertexta 1 Velesunio 1 Velesunio 2 Velesunio 3 Alathyria pertexta 2