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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Araujo et al. (2009): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Araujo, R., C. Toledo, D. Van Damme, M. Ghamizi & A. Machordom. 2009. Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918): a valid species inhabiting Moroccan rivers. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(2): 95-101. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
  +-------------- Unio                       
  |                                          
--+  +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |  |                                       
  |  |        +-- Pseudunio_marocanus        
  +--+  +-----+                              
     |  |     +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
     |  |                                    
     +--+     +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
        |  +--+                              
        |  |  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
        +--+                                 
           |  +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
           +--+                              
              +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
 
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