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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

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Publication Hewitt et al. (2018): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Hewitt, T.L., J.L. Bergner, D.A. Woolnough & D.T. Zanatta. 2018. Phylogeography of the freshwater mussel species Lasmigona costata: testing post-glacial colonization hypotheses. Hydrobiologia 810(1): 191-206. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 5
  +-------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                          
  |           +-- Fusconaia_flava            
--+  +--------+                              
  |  |        +-- Pleurobema_rubellum        
  |  |                                       
  +--+  +-------- Pyganodon_grandis          
     |  |                                    
     |  |     +-- Platynaias_subviridis      
     +--+-----+                              
        |     +-- Strophitus_undulatus       
        |                                    
        |  +----- Lasmigona_costata          
        +--+                                 
           |  +-- Arcidens_wheeleri          
           +--+                              
              +-- Pterosyna_complanata       
 
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