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Publication Pfeiffer et al. (2016): cladogramspublication summary | cladograms
Complete CitationPfeiffer, J.M., N.A. Johnson, C.R. Randklev, R.G. Howells & J.D. Williams. 2016. Generic reclassification and species boundaries in the rediscovered freshwater mussel ‘Quadrula’ mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1896). Conservation Genetics 17(2): 279-292. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-------------------------------------- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata
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| +-- Amblema_plicata
| +--+
| | +-- Amblema_neislerii
| +-----------------------------+
--+ | | +-- Reginaia_rotulata
| | +--+
| | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
| |
| | +-- Cyrtonaias_berlandierii
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Glebula_rotundata
+--+ |
| +-----------------------+ +-- Lampsilis_teres
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Leaunio_lienosus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Truncilla_macrodon
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_fragilis
+--+
| +----------------------------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| |
| | +-------------- Uniomerus_declivis
| | +-----------+
| | | | +----------- Quadrula_quadrula
| | | +--+
+--+ | | +-------- Quadrula_verrucosa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pustulosa_pustulosa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pustulosa_petrina
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
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| +-- Elliptio_fumata
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Elliptio_crassidens
| |
| | +-------------------- Parvaspina_collina
| | |
| | +-------------------- Plethobasus_cyphyus
+--+ |
| | +-- Hemistena_lata
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| |
| | +----- Pleurobema_riddellii
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
| | +--+
| +--------+ +-- Pleurobema_cordatum
| | |
| | | +----- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Pleurobema_pyriforme
| | | |
+--+ +--+-- Pleurobema_strodeanum
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| +-- Pleurobema_clava
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| +-------------- Fusconaia_askewi
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| | +-- Fusconaia_mitchelli
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Fusconaia_iheringi
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+--+ +-- Fusconaia_escambia
| +-----+
| | +-- Fusconaia_burkei
+--+
| +----- Fusconaia_flava__2
+--+
| +-- Fusconaia_cerina
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_flava__1
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