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

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genus Chambardia Bourguignat in Servain, 1890: cladomics
     11 Recent valid species (12 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 (12 total)
analyzed in 35 cladograms in 21 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2 (mean = 1.03, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 1
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean = 2 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1


Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024 [Publ 4459], fig. 6

** Top Monophyly Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
22022600--
  +-- Chambardia_rubens **   
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014611--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012911--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013311--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014000--
-- Chambardia_rubens **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012711--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011411--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012811--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119811--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019011--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

Konopleva et al., 2017 [Publ 3807], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013000--
-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119811--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110113811--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016711--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013511--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012711--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017911--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011411--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011900--
-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013511--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110113811--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012511--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015 [Publ 3620], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013900--
-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012911--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019011--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016711--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

Walker et al., 2006 [Publ 2666], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013500--
-- Chambardia_rubens **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014000--
-- Chambardia_rubens **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014511--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110112011--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014511--
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
--+                       
  +-- Aspatharia          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016711--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014611--
-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119611--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013311--
  +-- Aspatharia          
--+                       
  +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi **
 
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