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Publication Huff et al. (2004): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationHuff, S.W., D. Campbell, D.L. Gustafson, C. Lydeard, C.R. Altaba & G. Giribet. 2004. Investigations into the phylogenetic relationships of freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) based on molecular data: implications for their taxonomy and biogeography. Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 379-388. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-- Neotrigonia_bednalli
+-----------+
| +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +----- Lampsilis_cardium
--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Unio_ravoisieri
| | +--+
| | +-- Anodonta
| |
+--+ +-------- Margaritifera_dahurica
| |
| +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__1
| |
| +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__2
| |
+--+-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__3
|
| +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
+-----+
| +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
| +----- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_marrianae
Cladogram Figure 3
+-------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
--+ +----------- Anodonta
| |
+--+ +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ |
| | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| | |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| |
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi__1
| |
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi__2
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_falcata__1
|
+-- Margaritifera_falcata__2
|
+-- Margaritifera_falcata__3
|
+-- Margaritifera_falcata__4
Cladogram Figure 4
+----------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +----- Lampsilis_cardium
--+ +--------+
| | | +-- Unio_ravoisieri
| | +--+
| | +-- Anodonta
+--+
| +----------- Pseudunio_auricularius
| |
| +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +-----+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_marrianae
Cladogram Figure 5-6
+-- Neotrigonia_bednalli
+--------------+
| +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Unio_ravoisieri
--+ |
| +-----------+-- Anodonta
| | |
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| |
+--+ +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| +--------+
| | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +-----+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_marrianae
|
