Publication Lydeard et al. (1996): cladograms publication summary
Full Citation Lydeard, C., M. Mulvey & G.M. Davis. 1996. Molecular systematics and evolution of reproductive traits of North American freshwater unionacean mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia) as inferred from 16S rRNA gene sequences. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1593-1603. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/56358.pdf
Cladogram Figures (click the figure number to see the cladogram)
Cladogram Figure 3
Cumberlandia monodonta Margaritifera margaritifera Margaritifera falcata Utterbackia imbecillis Utterbackiana couperiana Utterbackiana Strophitus radiatus Lasmigona costata Alasmidonta triangulata Megalonaias nervosa Quadrula quadrula Theliderma metanevra Elliptoideus sloatianus Eurynia dilatata Pleurobema pyriforme Uniomerus carolinianus Amblema plicata Plectomerus dombeyanus Obliquaria reflexa Potamilus fragilis Ptychobranchus subtentus Medionidus conradicus Potamilus purpuratus Ellipsaria lineolata Villosa delumbis Lampsilis teres Lampsilis siliquoidea Cladogram Figure 4
None Cumberlandia monodonta Margaritifera margaritifera Margaritifera falcata Utterbackia imbecillis Utterbackiana couperiana Anodonta Strophitus radiatus Lasmigona costata Alasmidonta triangulata Megalonaias nervosa Quadrula quadrula Theliderma metanevra Elliptoideus sloatianus Uniomerus carolinianus Eurynia dilatata Pleurobema pyriforme Amblema plicata Plectomerus dombeyanus Obliquaria reflexa Medionidus conradicus Ptychobranchus subtentus Potamilus fragilis Potamilus purpuratus Ellipsaria lineolata Villosa delumbis Lampsilis teres Lampsilis siliquoidea
