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Margaritiferidae

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Publication Vikhrev et al. (2018): cladograms

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Vikhrev, I.V., I.N. Bolotov, A. Altun, M.Y. Gofarov, G.A. Dvoryankin et al. 2018. The revenant: Rediscovery of Margaritifera homsensis from Orontes drainage with remarks on its taxonomic status and conservation. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(1): 69-80. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
                    +-- Unio_ravoisieri            
  +-----------------+                              
  |                 +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
  |                                                
--+  +----------------- Gibbosula_laosensis        
  |  |                                             
  |  |        +-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |  |  +-----+                                    
  +--+  |     |  +----- Pseudunio_marocanus        
     |  |     +--+                                 
     |  |        |  +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
     |  |        +--+                              
     +--+           +-- Pseudunio_homsensis        
        |                                          
        |           +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
        |  +--------+                              
        |  |        +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
        +--+                                       
           |  +-------- Margaritifera_falcata      
           +--+                                    
              |  +----- Margaritifera_laevis       
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Margaritifera_marrianae    
 
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