Pfeiffer, J.M., C.L. Atkinson, A.E. Sharpe, K.A. Capps, K.F. Emery & L.M. Page. 2019. Phylogeny of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae. Zoologica Scripta 48: 106-117. Available electronically.
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+-------------------------------------- Gonidea_angulata
|
| +----------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-------- Uniomerus_declivis
| | +--+
--+ | | +----- Quadrula_verrucosa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
| | +--+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+ +-------------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| +-----------------+
| | | +----------- Elliptio_fumata
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pleurobema_riddellii
| | +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_flava
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pleurobema_strodeanum
|
| +-- Amblema_plicata
| +--+
| | +-- Amblema_neislerii
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
| | +--+
| | +-- Reginaia_rotulata
| |
+--+ +-------- Popenaias_popeii
| +-----------------+
| | | +----- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__2
| | +--+
| | | +-- Psoronaias_crocodilorum
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__1
|
| +-- Cyrtonaias_berlandierii
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Glebula_rotundata
+--+
| +-------------------- Potamilus_alatus
| |
+--+ +-- Truncilla_truncata
| +--------------+
| | +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
+--+
| +-------------- Pachynaias_spheniopsis
| |
+--+ +----------- Mesonaias_explicata
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +----- Cambarunio_iris
+--+
| +-- Epioblasma_triquetra
+--+
+-- Ligumia_recta