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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

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Data last updated
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Publication Xue et al. (2016): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Xue, T., M. Chen, G. Wang, Z. Han & J. Li. 2016. The complete F-type mitochondrial genome of Chinese freshwater mussel Anodonta euscaphys. Mitochondrial DNA 27(4): 2698-2699. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
                 +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
              +--+                              
              |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
  +-----------+                                 
  |           |  +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
  |           +--+                              
  |              +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  |                                             
  |              +-- Cristaria_plicata          
--+        +-----+                              
  |        |     +-- Platynaias_compressa       
  |  +-----+                                    
  |  |     |  +----- Anemina_arcaeformis        
  |  |     +--+                                 
  |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
  |  |        +--+                              
  +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
     |                                          
     |           +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata     
     |  +--------+                              
     |  |        +-- Lanceolaria_grayii         
     +--+                                       
        |  +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus  
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae       
              +--+                              
                 +-- Unio_pictorum              
Cladogram Figure 1-M
  +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
--+                              
  +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
 
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