Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini

genus Diplodon Spix in Wagner, 1827: cladomics

42 Recent valid species (45 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.

For more information, visit the Cladomics FARQ (frequently asked rhetorical questions) page. Abbreviations for the various statistics are explained on the FARQ!

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 42 (45 total)
analyzed in 25 cladograms in 17 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 3 (mean = 1.44, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 9
maximum number of included terminals = 3, (mean = 2.22 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1


Pairwise Cladogram Clustering

The graphs below depict in two dimensions all pair-wise ingroup distances within the cladome. See the Cladmoics FARQ for more information.

PCoA Ordination of Diplodon cladogram distances
PCoA Ordination

NJ Tree of Diplodon cladogram distances
NJ Tree


Cladograms

Prié et al., 2026 [Publ 4844], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.750 3 3 1 3 20 3 2 **
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon gratus Diplodon suavidicus Diplodon chilensis Guyanhyrida Iridea Prisodon Triplodon Castalia cordata Callonaia Castalia ambigua Castaliella

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 3 3 1 3 630 1 1 2.0
Cladomics cladogram Hyridella Diplodon suavidicus Diplodon chilensis Diplodon gratus

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 2a_b

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 2 2 0 2 19 1 1 --
Cladomics cladogram Hyridella Diplodon gratus Diplodon suavidicus

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 4

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
0.667 2 2 0 2 19 1 1 --
Cladomics cladogram Hyridella Diplodon suavidicus Diplodon gratus

Graf & Cummings, 2006 [Publ 1968], fig. 2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 2 2 0 2 45 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon chilensis Diplodon gratus

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 3

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 2 2 0 2 45 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon chilensis Diplodon gratus

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 4

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 2 2 0 2 44 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon chilensis Diplodon gratus

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 5

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 2 2 0 2 44 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon chilensis Diplodon gratus

Marshall et al., 2014 [Publ 3593], fig. 1

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 2 2 0 2 12 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Cucumerunio Hyridella Diplodon chilensis Diplodon gratus

Graf, 2000 [Publ 2647], fig. 1

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 16 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon Hyridella Velesunio

Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000 [Publ 2649], fig. 1_2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 10 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon chilensis Castalia

Bogan & Hoeh, 2000 [Publ 2650], fig. 1

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 33 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon gratus

Hoeh et al., 2001 [Publ 2652], fig. 14f2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 30 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon gratus Echyridella Lortiella Castalia Velesunio

Hoeh et al., 2001 [Publ 2652], fig. 14f4

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 30 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon gratus

Graf, 2002 [Publ 2651], fig. 2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 17 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon chilensis Castalia

Hoeh et al., 2002 [Publ 2653], fig. 2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 30 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon gratus

Roe & Hoeh, 2003 [Publ 2655], fig. 4f2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 30 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Echyridella Lortiella Diplodon gratus

Roe & Hoeh, 2003 [Publ 2655], fig. 4f3

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 30 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon gratus

Baker et al., 2003 [Publ 2690], fig. 5

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 7 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Hyridella Diplodon gratus

Baker et al., 2004 [Publ 2685], fig. 2-3

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Hyridella Diplodon gratus

Walker et al., 2006 [Publ 2666], fig. 6

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 35 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Castalia Diplodon gratus Hyridella depressa Hyridella australis Echyridella Velesunio ambiguus Velesunio 3 Velesunio 2 Alathyria Velesunio 1 Velesunio angasi Lortiella

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 3_5

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon suavidicus Triplodon Prisodon Callonaia Castalia ambigua 2 Castalia ambigua 1 Castaliella

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 40 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon suavidicus Castalia Prisodon

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 40 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon suavidicus Castalia Prisodon

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 3_5

cst iT tT bi riS oT roT roS iD
1.000 1 1 0 1 139 0 0 --
Cladomics cladogram Diplodon suavidicus Castalia Prisodon