MUSSELp

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Rosenberg et al. (1994): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Rosenberg, G., G.S. Kuncio, G.M. Davis & M.G. Harasewych. 1994. Preliminary ribosomal RNA phylogeny of gastropod and unionoidean bivalve mollusks. Nautilus Supplement 2: 111-121. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

Cladogram Figure 3
  +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |                                       
  |        +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
  +--------+                              
  |        +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                       
--+  +-------- Gonidea_angulata           
  |  |                                    
  |  |     +-- Elliptio_complanata        
  |  |     |                              
  |  |     +-- Fusconaia_cerina           
  |  |     |                              
  +--+  +--+-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus     
     |  |  |                              
     |  |  +-- Pleurobema_cordatum        
     |  |  |                              
     |  |  +-- Unio_pictorum              
     |  |                                 
     |  |  +-- Pyganodon_cataracta        
     +--+  |                              
        |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
        |  |                              
        |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
        |  |                              
        |  +-- Lampsilis_teres            
        |  |                              
        |  +-- Lampsilis_straminea        
        +--+                              
           +-- Megalonaias_nervosa        
           |                              
           +-- Obliquaria_reflexa         
           |                              
           +-- Theliderma_cylindrica      
           |                              
           +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
           |                              
           +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus      
 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."