Publication Whelan et al. (2011): cladogramspublication summary | cladograms
Complete CitationWhelan, N.V., A.J. Geneva & D.L. Graf. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of tropical freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) resolves the position of Coelatura and supports a monophyletic Unionidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 504-514. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1-ML
+-------------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-------- Velesunio_ambiguus
| +--------------------------+
| | | +----- Hyridella_australis
--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Castalia_ambigua
| | +--+
| | +-- Triplodon_corrugatus
| |
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+ +-----------------------------+
| | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| | +--------------------+
| | | | +----- Mutela_rostrata
+--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Mycetopoda_siliquosa
| | +--+
| | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| |
| | +-- Lamellidens_savadiensis
| | +-----------------+
| | | +-- Trapezidens_dolichorhynchus
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----------------- Leoparreysia_tavoyensis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Radiatula_chaudhurii
| | | +-----------+
| | | | +-- Indochinella_pugio
| | +--+
| | | +----------- Nitia_teretiuscula
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__2
| | +--+
+--+ | +----- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__1
| +--+
| | +-- Coelatura_gabonensis
| +--+
| +-- Prisodontopsis_aviculaeformis
|
| +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Lens_contradens
| |
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| +--------------+
| | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
| | +-- Unio_caffer
+--+
| +----------------- Gonidea_angulata
| |
| | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+ +--------+
| | | +-- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Potomida_semirugata
|
| +----------- Pleurobema_sintoxia
+--+
| +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
| +----- Amblema_plicata
+--+
| +-- Truncilla_truncata
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_cardium
Cladogram Figure 1-MP
+----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| +-----+
| | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| +-----------------------+
| | | +----- Mutela_rostrata
--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Mycetopoda_siliquosa
| | +--+
| | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| |
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| | +--------+
| | | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ +-----------------+
| | | +-------- Velesunio_ambiguus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Hyridella_australis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Castalia_ambigua
| | +--+
| | +-- Triplodon_corrugatus
| |
| | +-- Lamellidens_savadiensis
| | +--------------+
+--+ | +-- Trapezidens_dolichorhynchus
| +--------+
| | | +-------------- Leoparreysia_tavoyensis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Radiatula_chaudhurii
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Indochinella_pugio
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Nitia_teretiuscula
| | | |
| | +--+ +----- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__1
+--+ | |
| +--+----- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__2
| |
| | +-- Coelatura_gabonensis
| +--+
| +-- Prisodontopsis_aviculaeformis
|
| +----------------------- Lens_contradens
| |
| | +-------------------- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
+--+ |
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
| | +-- Unio_caffer
+--+
| +-------------- Gonidea_angulata
| |
| | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Potomida_semirugata
|
| +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+-------- Pleurobema_sintoxia
|
| +----- Amblema_plicata
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
+-- Truncilla_truncata
|
