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

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Publication Prie et al. (2012): cladograms
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Complete Citation

Prie, V., N. Puillandre & P. Bouchet. 2012. Bad taxonomy can kill: molecular reevaluation of Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and its accepted subspecies. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 405: 08. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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• Fig. 2

Cladogram Figure 2

  +-------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
--+                                          
  |  +----------- Unio_tumidus               
  +--+                                       
     |  +-------- Unio_crassus               
     +--+                                    
        |  +----- Unio_pictorum              
        +--+                                 
           |  +-- Unio_mancus                
           +--+                              
              +-- Unio_elongatulus