The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Krebs et al. (2003): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationKrebs, R.A., R.N. Vlasceanu & M.J.S. Tevesz. 2003. An analysis of diversity in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Cuyahoga and Rocky River watersheds (Ohio, USA). Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2): 307-316. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+-----------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_falcata
|
| +----------- Utterbackiana_couperiana
| |
| +----------- Platynaias_compressa
| |
| +----------- Alasmidonta_triangulata
| |
| +-----------------+ +-- Pterosyna_complanata
--+ | +--------+
| | | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| | |
| | | +-- Strophitus_radiatus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Strophitus_undulatus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Anodonta
|
| +-------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| +-----------------+
| | | +----- Quadrula_quadrula__2
| | +--+
| | | +-- Quadrula_quadrula__1
| | +--+
| | +-- Theliderma_metanevra
| |
+--+ +----------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| +-----------+
| | | +-------- Pleurobema_pyriforme
| | +--+
| | | +----- Uniomerus_carolinianus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_flava
+--+ +--+
| +-- Eurynia_dilatata
|
| +-------------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
| | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
| | +--+
| | +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
| |
+--+ +----- Ptychobranchus_subtentus
| +--------+
| | | +-- Potamilus_fragilis
| | +--+
| | +-- Medionidus_conradicus
+--+
| +-- Villosa_delumbis
| +--------+
| | +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
| +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
+-- Potamilus_alatus
|
