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

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Publication Serb & Barnhart (2008): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Serb, J.M. & M.C. Barnhart. 2008. Congruence and conflict between molecular and reproductive characters when assessing biological diversity in the western fanshell Cyprogenia aberti (Bivalvia, Unionidae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95: 248-261. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
                          +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea     
  +-----------------------+                             
  |                       +-- Lampsilis_ornata          
--+                                                     
  |  +----------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa        
  |  |                                                  
  +--+  +-------------------- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
     |  |                                               
     +--+                 +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__6      
        |  +--------------+                             
        |  |              +-- Dromus_dromas             
        +--+                                            
           |  +-------------- Cyprogenia_aberti__4      
           |  |                                         
           +--+  +----------- Cyprogenia_aberti__3      
              |  |                                      
              +--+  +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__5      
                 |  |                                   
                 +--+  +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2    
                    |  |                                
                    +--+----- Cyprogenia_aberti__2      
                       |                                
                       |  +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1    
                       +--+                             
                          +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
Cladogram Figure 4
  +----------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa        
  |                                                  
  |                    +-- Lampsilis_ornata          
  +--------------------+                             
--+                    +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea     
  |                                                  
  |  +-------------------- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
  |  |                                               
  +--+                 +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__6      
     |  +--------------+                             
     |  |              +-- Dromus_dromas             
     +--+                                            
        |  +-------------- Cyprogenia_aberti__5      
        |  |                                         
        +--+  +----------- Cyprogenia_aberti__4      
           |  |                                      
           +--+  +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__3      
              |  |                                   
              +--+  +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2    
                 |  |                                
                 +--+----- Cyprogenia_aberti__2      
                    |                                
                    |  +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1    
                    +--+                             
                       +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
 
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