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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Pfeiffer & Graf (2013): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Pfeiffer, J.M. & D.L. Graf. 2013. Re-analysis confirms the polyphyly of Lamprotula Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 79: 249-256. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
  +----------------------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                                               
  +----------------------------------- Velesunio_ambiguus         
  |                                                               
  |                                +-- Lamellidens_savadiensis    
  |  +-----------------------------+                              
  |  |                             +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca       
--+  |                                                            
  |  |                             +-- Cristaria_plicata          
  |  |                       +-----+                              
  |  |                       |     +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
  |  |                 +-----+                                    
  |  |                 |     |  +----- Strophitus_undulatus       
  |  |                 |     +--+                                 
  |  |                 |        |  +-- Platynaias_compressa       
  +--+  +--------------+        +--+                              
     |  |              |           +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
     |  |              |                                          
     |  |              |  +----------- Acuticosta_chinensis       
     |  |              |  |                                       
     |  |              +--+        +-- Unio_pictorum              
     |  |                 |  +-----+                              
     |  |                 |  |     +-- Nodularia_douglasiae       
     |  |                 +--+                                    
     |  |                    |  +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
     |  |                    +--+                                 
     +--+                       |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
        |                       +--+                              
        |                          +-- Aculamprotula_scripta      
        |                                                         
        |                 +----------- Quadrula_quadrula          
        |  +--------------+                                       
        |  |              |  +-------- Eurynia_dilatata           
        |  |              +--+                                    
        |  |                 |  +----- Amblema_plicata            
        |  |                 +--+                                 
        |  |                    |  +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
        +--+                    +--+                              
           |                       +-- Truncilla_truncata         
           |                                                      
           |                       +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
           |  +--------------------+                              
           |  |                    +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
           |  |                                                   
           +--+                 +----- Gonidea_angulata           
              |  +--------------+                                 
              |  |              |  +-- Pseudodon_cambodjensis     
              |  |              +--+                              
              +--+                 +-- Sundadontina_tumida        
                 |                                                
                 |  +----------------- Physunio                   
                 |  |                                             
                 +--+  +-------------- Pronodularia_japanensis    
                    |  |                                          
                    +--+  +----------- Potomida_littoralis        
                       |  |                                       
                       +--+  +-------- Lamprotula_leaii           
                          |  |                                    
                          +--+  +----- Lamprotula_caveata__3      
                             |  |                                 
                             +--+  +-- Lamprotula_cornuumlunae    
                                |  |                              
                                +--+-- Lamprotula_caveata__1      
                                   |                              
                                   +-- Lamprotula_caveata__2      
 
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