The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Hoeh et al. (2002): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationHoeh, W.R., D.T. Stewart & S.I. Guttman. 2002. High fidelity of mitochondrial genome transmission under the double uniparental mode of inheritance in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea). Evolution 56(11): 2252-2261. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1-F
+-------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
|
--+ +-- Pyganodon_fragilis
| +--------------+
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-------------- Fusconaia_flava
+--+
| +----------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
+--+
| +-------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
+-- Ligumia_recta
Cladogram Figure 1-M
+-------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
|
--+ +-- Pyganodon_fragilis
| +--------------+
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-------------- Fusconaia_flava
+--+
| +----------- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
| +-------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
+--+
| +----- Ligumia_recta
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
+-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
|
