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Unionidae

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Publication Hoeh (1990): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Hoeh, W.R. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships among eastern North American Anodonta (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Malacological Review 23: 63-82.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
                    +-- Pterosyna_complanata       
                    |                              
  +-----------------+-- Platynaias_compressa       
  |                 |                              
  |                 +-- Lasmigona_costata          
  |                                                
  |     +-------------- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |  +--+                                          
--+  |  |  +----------- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |  |  +--+                                       
  |  |     |  +-------- Utterbackiana_implicata    
  |  |     +--+                                    
  |  |        |  +----- Utterbackiana_couperiana__2
  |  |        +--+                                 
  +--+           |  +-- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata
     |           +--+                              
     |              +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana__1
     |                                             
     |              +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
     |  +-----------+                              
     |  |           +-- Utterbackia_peggyae        
     +--+                                          
        |  +----------- Pyganodon_lacustris        
        +--+                                       
           |  +-------- Pyganodon_grandis          
           +--+                                    
              |  +----- Pyganodon_fragilis         
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Pyganodon_cataracta        
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Pyganodon_gibbosa          
Cladogram Figure 3
  +----- Pyganodon_fragilis         
  |                                 
  +----- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
  |                                 
  +----- Utterbackia_peggyae        
  |                                 
  +----- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |                                 
  +----- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |                                 
  +----- Utterbackiana_couperiana__1
  |                                 
--+----- Utterbackiana_couperiana__2
  |                                 
  +----- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata
  |                                 
  |  +-- Lasmigona_costata          
  +--+                              
  |  +-- Utterbackiana_implicata    
  |                                 
  |  +-- Pterosyna_complanata       
  |  |                              
  |  +-- Platynaias_compressa       
  |  |                              
  |  +-- Pyganodon_cataracta        
  +--+                              
     +-- Pyganodon_gibbosa          
     |                              
     +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
     |                              
     +-- Pyganodon_lacustris        
Cladogram Figure 4
                    +-- Pterosyna_complanata       
                    |                              
  +-----------------+-- Platynaias_compressa       
  |                 |                              
  |                 +-- Lasmigona_costata          
  |                                                
  |     +-------------- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |  +--+                                          
--+  |  |  +----------- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |  |  +--+                                       
  |  |     |  +-------- Utterbackiana_implicata    
  |  |     +--+                                    
  |  |        |  +----- Utterbackiana_couperiana__2
  |  |        +--+                                 
  +--+           |  +-- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata
     |           +--+                              
     |              +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana__1
     |                                             
     |              +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
     |     +--------+                              
     |     |        +-- Utterbackia_peggyae        
     +-----+                                       
           |  +-------- Pyganodon_fragilis         
           |  |                                    
           +--+     +-- Pyganodon_cataracta        
              |  +--+                              
              |  |  +-- Pyganodon_gibbosa          
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Pyganodon_lacustris        
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
 
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