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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Zieritz et al. (2012): cladograms
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Complete Citation

Zieritz, A., B. Gum, R. Kuehn & J. Geist. 2012. Identification freshwater mussels (Unionoida) and parasitic glochidia larvae from host fish gills: a molecular key to the North and Central European species. Ecology and Evolution 2(4): 740-750. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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• Fig. 4

Cladogram Figure 4

           +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata   
           |                              
  +--------+-- Anodonta_anatina           
  |        |                              
  |        +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
--+                                       
  |  +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
  |  |                                    
  +--+-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
     |                                    
     |  +----- Unio_crassus               
     +--+                                 
        |  +-- Unio_tumidus               
        +--+                              
           +-- Unio_pictorum