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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Pseudodontoideus Frierson, 1927: cladomics

2 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Cladomics pages are experimental — even more so than the rest of this site!

The purpose of the cladomics pages for each genus and family-group level taxon is to provide statistics and references indicating the extent to which published phylogenetic work supports the classification used here.

The Cladomics Summary provides an overview of the number of studies that have included terminal species representing this taxon as well as an indication of how frequently it has been recovered as monophyletic.

Following the summary, the available published clades representing the taxon are listed.

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Cladomics Summary

number of species = 2 (2 total)
analyzed in 10 cladograms in 7 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2 (mean = 1.5, median = 1.5)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 5
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean = 2 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1

Cladograms

Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 4

** Top Monophyly Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 4 25 23 10 -- 
  +----------------------- Sulcularia                         
  |                                                           
  |        +-------------- Alasmidonta                        
  |  +-----+                                                  
--+  |     |  +----------- Platynaias                         
  |  |     +--+                                               
  |  |        |  +-------- Strophitus                         
  |  |        +--+                                            
  |  |           |  +----- Pyganodon                          
  +--+           +--+                                         
     |              |  +-- Utterbackia                        
     |              +--+                                      
     |                 +-- Anodontoides                       
     |                                                        
     |  +----------------- Utterbackiana                      
     +--+                                                     
        |  +-------------- Alasminota                         
        +--+                                                  
           |  +----------- Arcidens                           
           +--+                                               
              |  +-------- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis__3 **
              +--+                                            
                 |  +----- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis__2 **
                 +--+                                         
                    |  +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **          
                    +--+                                      
                       +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis__1 **

Perkins et al., 2025 [Publ 4447], fig. 2_mtDNA-ITS

** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 34 31 14 -- 
     +-------------- Utterbackiana                   
     |                                               
  +--+  +----------- Alasminota                      
  |  |  |                                            
  |  +--+        +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **       
  |     |  +-----+                                   
  |     |  |     +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
  |     +--+                                         
  |        |  +----- Lasmigona                       
  |        +--+                                      
  |           |  +-- Pterosyna                       
--+           +--+                                   
  |              +-- Arcidens                        
  |                                                  
  |              +-- Prolasmidonta                   
  |           +--+                                   
  |           |  +-- Platynaias                      
  |     +-----+                                      
  |     |     |  +-- Ligodonta                       
  |     |     +--+                                   
  |     |        +-- Alasmidonta                     
  +-----+                                            
        |        +-- Anodontoides                    
        |  +-----+                                   
        |  |     +-- Strophitus                      
        +--+                                         
           |  +----- Sulcularia                      
           +--+                                      
              |  +-- Pyganodon                       
              +--+                                   
                 +-- Utterbackia

Smith et al., 2018 [Publ 3790], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 16 15 7 -- 
              +-- Utterbackia                     
  +-----------+                                   
  |           +-- Pyganodon                       
  |                                               
--+           +-- Anodontoides                    
  |  +--------+                                   
  |  |        +-- Strophitus                      
  |  |                                            
  +--+        +-- Alasmidonta                     
     |  +-----+                                   
     |  |     +-- Alasminota                      
     +--+                                         
        |  +----- Utterbackiana                   
        +--+                                      
           |  +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
           +--+                                   
              +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **

Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 26 25 11 -- 
  +-------------------- Utterbackiana                   
  |                                                     
  |                 +-- Utterbackia                     
--+  +--------------+                                   
  |  |              +-- Pyganodon                       
  |  |                                                  
  |  |        +-------- Alasmidonta                     
  +--+  +-----+                                         
     |  |     |  +----- Arcidens                        
     |  |     +--+                                      
     |  |        |  +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
     +--+        +--+                                   
        |           +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **       
        |                                               
        |  +----------- Alasminota                      
        |  |                                            
        +--+        +-- Anodontoides                    
           |  +-----+                                   
           |  |     +-- Strophitus                      
           +--+                                         
              |  +----- Sulcularia                      
              +--+                                      
                 |  +-- Platynaias                      
                 +--+                                   
                    +-- Prolasmidonta

Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 39 31 13 -- 
                 +-- Utterbackia                     
  +--------------+                                   
  |              +-- Pyganodon                       
  |                                                  
  |     +----------- Utterbackiana                   
  |     |                                            
  |  +--+        +-- Pterosyna                       
--+  |  |  +-----+                                   
  |  |  |  |     +-- Arcidens                        
  |  |  +--+                                         
  |  |     |  +----- Lasmigona                       
  |  |     +--+                                      
  |  |        |  +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **       
  +--+        +--+                                   
     |           +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
     |                                               
     |        +----- Sulcularia                      
     |     +--+                                      
     |     |  |  +-- Anodontoides                    
     |     |  +--+                                   
     |     |     +-- Strophitus                      
     +-----+                                         
           |     +-- Prolasmidonta                   
           |  +--+                                   
           |  |  +-- Platynaias                      
           +--+                                      
              |  +-- Alasminota                      
              +--+                                   
                 +-- Alasmidonta

Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 101 3 3 -- 
  +----- Pyganodon                
--+                               
  |  +-- Lasmigona                
  +--+                            
     +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **

Inoue et al., 2014 [Publ 3635], fig. 3A

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 19 13 8 -- 
     +-------- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
  +--+                                  
  |  |  +----- Lasmigona                
  |  +--+                               
  |     |  +-- Pterosyna                
--+     +--+                            
  |        +-- Arcidens                 
  |                                     
  |  +-------- Strophitus               
  |  |                                  
  +--+     +-- Pyganodon                
     |  +--+                            
     |  |  +-- Utterbackia              
     +--+                               
        |  +-- Platynaias               
        +--+                            
           +-- Alasmidonta

Inoue et al., 2018 [Publ 3858], fig. 1_3a-c

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 103 15 9 -- 
-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **

Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 101 3 3 -- 
  +-- Lasmigona                
--+                            
  +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **

Chong et al., 2008 [Publ 2668], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 17 7 7 -- 
  +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
  |                            
--+-- Alasmidonta              
  |                            
  +-- Pterosyna
 
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