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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Inoue et al. (2013): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Inoue, K., D.M. Hayes, J.L. Harris & A.D. Christian. 2013. Phylogenetic and morphometric analyses reveal ecophenotypic plasticity in freshwater mussels Obovaria jacksoniana and Villosa arkansasensis (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Ecology and Evolution 3(8): 2670-2683. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
  +-------------------------- Gonidea_angulata      
  |                                                 
  +-------------------------- Pyganodon_grandis     
  |                                                 
--+                       +-- Eurynia_dilatata      
  |  +--------------------+                         
  |  |                    +-- Quadrula_quadrula     
  |  |                                              
  |  |              +-------- Paetulunio_fabalis    
  +--+  +-----------+                               
     |  |           |  +----- Amblema_plicata       
     |  |           +--+                            
     |  |              |  +-- Reginaia_ebenus       
     +--+              +--+                         
        |                 +-- Reginaia_rotulata     
        |                                           
        |  +----------------- Lampsilis_ornata      
        |  |                                        
        +--+  +-------------- Leaunio_vanuxemensis  
           |  |                                     
           |  |           +-- Villosa_villosa       
           +--+-----------+                         
              |           +-- Cambarunio_iris       
              |                                     
              |  +----------- Obovaria_olivaria     
              +--+                                  
                 |  +-------- Obovaria_arkansasensis
                 +--+                               
                    |  +----- Obovaria_retusa       
                    +--+                            
                       |  +-- Obovaria_unicolor     
                       +--+                         
                          +-- Obovaria_subrotunda   
 
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