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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Froufe et al. (2015): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Froufe, E., H.M. Gan, Y.P. Lee, J. Carneiro, S. Varandas et al. 2015. The male and female complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the endangered freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) (Bivaliva: Unionidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis 27(5): 3571-3572. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
              +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora      
        +-----+                              
        |     +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
  +-----+                                    
  |     |  +----- Potomida_littoralis        
  |     +--+                                 
  |        |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
  |        +--+                              
--+           +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
  |                                          
  |           +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
  |  +--------+                              
  |  |        +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
  |  |                                       
  +--+        +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
     |  +-----+                              
     |  |     +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
     +--+                                    
        |  +----- Anodonta_anatina           
        +--+                                 
           |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
           +--+                              
              +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
Cladogram Figure 1-M
        +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  +-----+                                 
  |     |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
  |     +--+                              
  |        +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
--+                                       
  |        +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  |  +-----+                              
  |  |     +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
  +--+                                    
     |  +----- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
     +--+                                 
        |  +-- Potomida_littoralis        
        +--+                              
           +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
 
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