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Taxonomy

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


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North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

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East Asia

Australasia


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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Publication Graf & Ó Foighil (2000): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Graf, D.L. & D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 28S rDNA supports a Gondwanan origin for Australasian Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida). Vie et Milieu 50(4): 245-254. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1_2
  +----------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
  |                                        
  |              +-- Unio_pictorum         
  |           +--+                         
  |           |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis     
  +-----------+                            
--+           |  +-- Amblema_plicata       
  |           +--+                         
  |              +-- Lampsilis_cardium     
  |                                        
  |  +-------------- Velesunio_ambiguus    
  |  |                                     
  +--+           +-- Diplodon_chilensis    
     |  +--------+                         
     |  |        +-- Castalia              
     +--+                                  
        |  +-------- Hyridella_australis__2
        +--+                               
           |  +----- Hyridella_australis__1
           +--+                            
              |  +-- Echyridella_menziesii 
              +--+                         
                 +-- Hyridella_depressa
 
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