Takeuchi, M., A. Okada & W. Kakino. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships of two freshwater pearl mussels, Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910) and Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005 (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae), in the Japanese archipelago. Molluscan Research 35(4): 218-226. Available electronically.
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+----------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
--+ +-------------------- Lampsilis_cardium
| |
+--+ +----------------- Pseudunio_marocanus
| |
+--+ +-------------- Pseudunio_auricularius
| |
+--+ +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +-----+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+----------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
--+ +-------------------- Lampsilis_cardium
| |
+--+ +----------------- Pseudunio_auricularius__1
| |
| +----------------- Pseudunio_auricularius__2
+--+
| +-------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_marrianae