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Publication Burdick & White (2007): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Burdick, R.C. & M.W. White. 2007. Phylogeography of the wabash pigtoe, Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 367-375. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
  +----------------------------------------- Lampsilis_ornata      
  |                                                                
--+  +-------------------------------------- Parvaspina_collina    
  |  |                                                             
  |  |  +----------------------------------- Reginaia_ebenus       
  +--+  |                                                          
     |  |                             +----- Eurynia_dilatata      
     |  |  +--------------------------+                            
     |  |  |                          |  +-- Plethobasus_cyphyus   
     +--+  |                          +--+                         
        |  |                             +-- Elliptio_crassidens   
        |  |                                                       
        |  |  +----------------------------- Pleurobema_plenum     
        |  |  |                                                    
        |  |  |                          +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana 
        +--+  +--------------------------+                         
           |  |                          +-- Pleuronaia_gibber     
           |  |                                                    
           |  |              +-------------- Pleurobema_stabile    
           |  |              |                                     
           |  |              |           +-- Pleurobema_rubellum   
           |  |              |     +-----+                         
           |  |              |     |     +-- Pleurobema_strodeanum 
           +--+  +-----------+  +--+                               
              |  |           |  |  |  +----- Pleurobema_beadleianum
              |  |           |  |  +--+                            
              |  |           |  |     |  +-- Pleurobema_perovatum  
              |  |           |  |     +--+                         
              |  |           +--+        +-- Pleurobema_taitianum  
              |  |              |                                  
              |  |              |        +-- Pleurobema_clava      
              |  |              |  +-----+                         
              |  |              |  |     +-- Pleurobema_oviforme   
              |  |              |  |                               
              |  |              +--+     +-- Pleurobema_decisum    
              +--+                 |  +--+                         
                 |                 |  |  +-- Pleurobema_hanleyianum
                 |                 +--+                            
                 |                    |  +-- Pleurobema_pyriforme  
                 |                    +--+                         
                 |                       +-- Pleurobema_georgianum 
                 |                                                 
                 |                    +----- Pleurobema_sintoxia__1
                 |                    |                            
                 |  +-----------------+  +-- Pleurobema_cordatum__2
                 |  |                 |  |                         
                 |  |                 +--+-- Pleurobema_sintoxia__2
                 |  |                    |                         
                 +--+                    +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia__3
                    |                                              
                    |  +-------------------- Pleurobema_cordatum__1
                    |  |                                           
                    +--+  +----------------- Fusconaia_subrotunda  
                       |  |                                        
                       |  |              +-- Fusconaia_cor         
                       +--+  +-----------+                         
                          |  |           +-- Fusconaia_cuneolus    
                          |  |                                     
                          +--+  +----------- Fusconaia_ozarkensis  
                             |  |                                  
                             |  |        +-- Fusconaia_masoni      
                             +--+  +-----+                         
                                |  |     +-- Fusconaia_flava__3    
                                |  |                               
                                +--+  +----- Fusconaia_flava__1    
                                   |  |                            
                                   |  +----- Fusconaia_cerina__4   
                                   +--+                            
                                      |  +-- Fusconaia_cerina__1   
                                      |  |                         
                                      |  +-- Fusconaia_cerina__2   
                                      +--+                         
                                         +-- Fusconaia_cerina__3   
                                         |                         
                                         +-- Fusconaia_flava__2
 
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