The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Zanatta & Murphy (2006): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationZanatta, D.T. & R.W. Murphy. 2006. Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(1): 195-208. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+----------------------------------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
| +-------------------------------------------------- Pyganodon_grandis
| |
--+ | +-- Amblema_plicata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Popenaias_popeii
| | |
+--+ +-----------------------------------------+ +-- Pleurobema_clava
| | | |
| | | +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
| | |
+--+ +-- Fusconaia_flava
|
| +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
| +-----------------------------------------+
| | +-- Glebula_rotundata
| |
| | +----------------------------------------- Paetulunio_fabalis
+--+ |
| | +-------- Obliquaria_reflexa
| | +-----------------------------+
| | | | +----- Toxolasma_texasiense
| | | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +--+
| | +-- Toxolasma_lividum
| |
| | +----------------------------------- Sagittunio_nasutus
| | |
+--+ | +-- Medionidus_conradicus
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
| | +--------+
| | | | +----- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | | | |
| | | +--+----- Lemiox_rimosus
| | | |
| | +--------------+ | +-- Dromus_dromas
+--+ | | +--+
| | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria
| | |
| | | +-------------- Potamilus_leptodon
| | | |
| | +--+ +----------- Potamilus_fragilis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Potamilus_alatus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
| | +--+
+--+ | +----- Potamilus_inflatus
| +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_ohiensis
| +--+
| +-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
|
| +----- Lampsilis_teres
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Truncilla_truncata
| | +--+
| | +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
| |
| | +-------------------------- Leaunio_vanuxemensis
+--+ |
| | +-- Hamiota_australis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Hamiota_subangulata
| | +-----+
| | | | +-- Hamiota_altilis
| | | +--+
+--+ | +-- Hamiota_perovalis
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium
|
| +-------- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cambarunio_iris
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Ligumia_recta
|
| +----------------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| |
| | +-------- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----- Obovaria_unicolor
| | +--+
| | | +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
+--+ +--+
| +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
|
| +----------- Epioblasma_brevidens
+--+
| +-------- Epioblasma_triquetra
+--+
| +----- Epioblasma_rangiana
+--+
| +-- Epioblasma_walkeri
+--+
+-- Epioblasma_capsaeformis
Cladogram Figure 2
+----------------------------------------------------- Pyganodon_grandis
|
+----------------------------------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
| +-------- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
| |
--+ +-----------------------------------------+-------- Pleurobema_clava
| | |
| | | +----- Fusconaia_flava
| | +--+
| | | +-- Hemistena_lata
| | +--+
| | +-- Eurynia_dilatata
+--+
| +----------------------------------------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
| +----------------------------------------------- Popenaias_popeii
| |
| | +----- Paetulunio_fabalis
| | |
| | +--------------------------------------+ +-- Toxolasma_parvum
+--+ | | |
| | +--+-- Toxolasma_lividum
| | |
| | +-- Toxolasma_texasiense
| |
| | +----- Obliquaria_reflexa
| | +-----------------------------------+
+--+ | | +-- Glebula_rotundata
| | +--+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
| |
| | +----- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
| | +--+
| | | | +-- Dromus_dromas
| | | +--+
+--+ +-----------------------------+ +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria
| | |
| | | +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | +--+
| | +-- Lemiox_rimosus
| |
| | +----------------------------------- Sagittunio_nasutus
| | |
+--+ | +-------------- Potamilus_leptodon
| | |
| +--------------------+ +----------- Potamilus_fragilis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Potamilus_alatus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Potamilus_inflatus
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Potamilus_ohiensis
| +--+
| +-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
|
| +-- Truncilla_truncata
| +-----------------------------+
| | +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
| |
| | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
| | +--------------------+
+--+ | | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| |
| | +-- Ligumia_recta
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Cambarunio_iris
| +--------------+
| | | +-------- Lampsilis_teres
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Hamiota_australis
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Hamiota_subangulata
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Hamiota_altilis
| +--+
| +-- Hamiota_perovalis
|
| +----------------------- Leaunio_vanuxemensis
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
+--+ +----------------- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
| | +-------------- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+ |
| +-------------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| |
| | +----- Obovaria_unicolor
+--+--------+
| | +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
| +--+
| +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
|
| +----------- Epioblasma_brevidens
+--+
| +-------- Epioblasma_triquetra
+--+
| +----- Epioblasma_rangiana
+--+
| +-- Epioblasma_walkeri
+--+
+-- Epioblasma_capsaeformis
|
