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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae
genus Microdontia Tapparone Canefri, 1883: cladomics
1 Recent valid species (1 total species)
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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.
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Cladomics Summary
number of species = 1 (1 total)
analyzed in 10 cladograms in 5 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 **
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Westralunio | | +----- Alathyria_jacksoni --+ +--+ | | | +-- Velesunio | | +--+ +--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga | | +----- Alathyria_pertexta +--+ | +-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis ** +--+ +-- Lortiella
Bolotov et al., 2016 [Publ 3743], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| | +-- Lortiella
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_pertexta
|
| +----- Velesunio
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
+-- Alathyria_profuga
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----- Velesunio
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Bolotov et al., 2016 [Publ 3743], fig. 4
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_pertexta
| +--+
--+ +-- Lortiella
|
| +----- Velesunio
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
+-- Alathyria_profuga
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_profuga
| +--+
--+ +-- Velesunio
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 2a_b
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Velesunio_ambiguus --+ | +-------- Microdontia_anodontaeformis ** +--+ | +----- Lortiella +--+ | +-- Alathyria +--+ +-- Velesunio_angasi
Bolotov et al., 2017 [Publ 3761], fig. S1
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| | +-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
| +--+
--+ +-- Lortiella
|
| +----- Velesunio
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
+-- Alathyria_profuga
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----- Velesunio
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Bolotov et al., 2017 [Publ 3761], fig. S2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Velesunio
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
+-- Lortiella
Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 4
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Velesunio_ambiguus --+ | +-------- Alathyria +--+ | +----- Velesunio_angasi +--+ | +-- Lortiella +--+ +-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
