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

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Publication Froufe et al. (2016): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Froufe, E., D.V. Gonçalves, A. Teixeira, R. Sousa, S. Varandas et al. 2016. Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16(3): 597-611. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
                             +-- Nodularia_douglasiae 
  +--------------------------+                        
  |                          +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
  |                                                   
--+                          +-- Unio_gibbus          
  |  +-----------------------+                        
  |  |                       +-- Unio_durieui         
  +--+                                                
     |  +----------------------- Unio_tumidus         
     |  |                                             
     +--+                    +-- Unio                 
        |  +-----------------+                        
        |  |                 +-- Unio_tumidiformis    
        +--+                                          
           |  +----------------- Unio_delphinus       
           +--+                                       
              |  +-------------- Unio_foucauldianus   
              +--+                                    
                 |  +----------- Unio_ravoisieri      
                 +--+                                 
                    |  +-------- Unio_mancus          
                    +--+                              
                       |  +----- Unio_elongatulus     
                       +--+                           
                          |  +-- Unio_pictorum        
                          +--+                        
                             +-- Unio_caffer          
 
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