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

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Publication Vikhrev et al. (2017): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Vikhrev, I.V., E.S. Konopleva, M.Y. Gofarov, A.V. Kondakov, Y.E. Chapurina & I.N. Bolotov. 2017. A tropical biodiversity hotspot under the new threat: Discovery and DNA barcoding of the invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana in Myanmar. Tropical Conservation Science 10: 1-11. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 4
                       +-- Gibbosula_laosensis   
  +--------------------+                         
  |                    +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
--+                                              
  |  +-------------------- Anemina_arcaeformis   
  +--+                                           
     |  +----------------- Sinanodonta_lucida    
     +--+                                        
        |  +-------------- Sinanodonta_schrenkii 
        +--+                                     
           |  +----------- Sinanodonta_woodiana  
           +--+                                  
              |  +-------- Sinanodonta_jourdyi   
              +--+                               
                 |  +----- Sinanodonta_elliptica 
                 +--+                            
                    |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta     
                    +--+                         
                       +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica  
 
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