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Publication Perkins et al. (2017): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationPerkins, M.A., N.A. Johnson & M.M. Gangloff. 2017. Molecular systematics of the critically-endangered North American spinymussels (Unionidae: Elliptio and Pleurobema) and description of Parvaspina gen. nov. Conservation Genetics 18: 745-757. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+----------------------------------------- Amblema_plicata
|
+----------------------------------------- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
|
| +-- Pleurobema_clava
| +-----------+
| | +-- Pleurobema_oviforme
| |
| | +-------- Pleurobema_pyriforme
| +-----------------------+ +--+
--+ | | | | +----- Pleurobema_georgianum
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Pleurobema_hanleyianum
| | +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Pleurobema_decisum
| | |
| | | +-------- Pleurobema_rubellum
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pleurobema_perovatum
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Pleurobema_beadleianum
| +--+
| +-- Pleurobema_strodeanum
|
| +----- Pleuronaia_gibber
| +-----------------------------+
| | | +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
| |
| | +-- Fusconaia_masoni
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_flava
| +--------------------------+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_subrotunda
| | +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_cor
+--+
| +-- Parvaspina_collina
| +--------------------------+
| | +-- Parvaspina_steinstansana
| |
+--+ +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| +-----------------------+
| | +-- Hemistena_lata
+--+
| +----------------------- Elliptio_producta__2
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Elliptio_producta__1
| |
+--+ +----------------- Elliptio_spinosa
| |
| | +-------------- Elliptio_icterina
+--+ |
| | +-------- Elliptio_roanokensis
| | +--+
+--+ | | +----- Elliptio_complanata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Elliptio_crassidens
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Elliptio_pullata
|
| +-- Elliptio_congaraea
| +-----+
| | +-- Elliptio_hopetonensis
| |
+--+ +-- Elliptio_folliculata
| +--+
| | +-- Elliptio_jayensis
+--+
| +-- Elliptio_arca
+--+
+-- Elliptio_arctata
Cladogram Figure 3
+----------------------- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
|
+----------------------- Uniomerus_declivis
|
| +-- Parvaspina_steinstansana
| |
| +-- Parvaspina_collina__1
--+ |
| +-----------------+-- Parvaspina_collina__2
| | |
| | +-- Parvaspina_collina__3
| | |
| | +-- Parvaspina_collina__4
| |
+--+ +----------------- Elliptio_arca
| |
| +----------------- Hemistena_lata
| |
| | +-- Elliptio_arctata
| +--------------+
| | +-- Elliptio_crassidens
+--+
| +-------------- Eurynia_dilatata
| |
| | +----------- Pleurobema_oviforme
| | |
| | +----------- Pleurobema_clava
| | |
+--+ +----------- Pleurobema_pyriforme
| |
| +----------- Pleurobema_georgianum
| |
| +----------- Pleurobema_beadleianum
| |
+--+----------- Pleurobema_hanleyianum
|
+----------- Pleurobema_decisum
|
| +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
+--------+
| +-- Pleurobema_rubellum
|
| +-------- Elliptio_spinosa
| |
+--+ +----- Fusconaia_escambia
| |
| +----- Fusconaia_flava
+--+
+----- Fusconaia_cerina
|
| +-- Pleuronaia_gibber
+--+
+-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
|
