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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Moyer & Díaz-Ferguson (2012): cladograms
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Complete Citation

Moyer, G.R. & E. Díaz-Ferguson. 2012. Identification of endangered Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens) specimens collected in the Emory river, Tennessee, USA via DNA barcoding. Conservation Genetics 13: 885-889. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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• Fig. 3

Cladogram Figure 3

        +----- Lasmigona_costata    
  +-----+                           
  |     |  +-- Platynaias_compressa 
  |     +--+                        
--+        +-- Platynaias_subviridis
  |                                 
  |  +-------- Lampsilis_ovata__2   
  +--+                              
     |  +----- Lampsilis_ovata__1   
     +--+                           
        |  +-- Lampsilis_virescens  
        +--+                        
           +-- Lampsilis_fasciola