Publication Johnson et al. (2018): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Johnson, N.A., C.H. Smith, J.M. Pfeiffer, C.R. Randklev, J.D. Williams & J.D. Austin. 2018. Integrative taxonomy resolves taxonomic uncertainty for freshwater mussels being considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Scientific Reports 8. 15892 (16 pp.). Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
  +-------------------------------- Amblema_plicata       
  |                                                       
--+  +----------------------------- Elliptio_crassidens   
  |  |                                                    
  +--+  +-------------------------- Megalonaias_nervosa   
     |  |                                                 
     +--+  +----------------------- Uniomerus_tetralasmus 
        |  |                                              
        +--+  +-------------------- Theliderma_metanevra  
           |  |                                           
           |  |                 +-- Quadrula_quadrula     
           +--+  +--------------+                         
              |  |              +-- Quadrula_verrucosa    
              |  |                                        
              |  |           +----- Pustulosa_kieneriana  
              +--+  +--------+                            
                 |  |        |  +-- Pustulosa_infucata    
                 |  |        +--+                         
                 |  |           +-- Pustulosa_kleiniana   
                 +--+                                     
                    |           +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa   
                    |  +--------+                         
                    |  |        +-- Pustulosa_succissa    
                    +--+                                  
                       |  +-------- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
                       +--+                               
                          |  +----- Pustulosa_necki       
                          +--+                            
                             |  +-- Pustulosa_nodulata    
                             +--+                         
                                +-- Pustulosa_petrina