The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Pieri et al. (2018): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationPieri, A.M., K. Inoue, N.A. Johnson, C.H. Smith, J.L. Harris et al. 2018. Molecular and morphometric analyses reveal cryptic diversity with freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the western Gulf coastal drainages of the USA. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124: 261-277. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+----------------------------------------- Arcidens_confragosus
|
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| +-----------------------------------+
--+ | +-- Pustulosa_petrina
| |
| | +----------------------------------- Eurynia_dilatata
| | |
+--+ | +----- Pleurobema_clava
| +-----------------------------+
| | | +-- Pleurobema_riddellii
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
+--+
| +----- Fusconaia_subrotunda
| +--------------------------+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_cor
| | +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_cuneolus
| |
+--+ +----------------------------- Fusconaia_ozarkensis
| |
| | +----------- Fusconaia_cerina__3
| | |
| | +--------------+ +-------- Fusconaia_flava__1
+--+ | | |
| | +--+ +----- Fusconaia_flava__3
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Fusconaia_cerina__1
| | | |
| | +--+-- Fusconaia_cerina__2
+--+ |
| +-- Fusconaia_flava__2
|
| +----------------------- Fusconaia_masoni
| |
| | +-- Fusconaia_burkei
| +--------------------+
+--+ +-- Fusconaia_escambia
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| +-------------------- Fusconaia_mitchelli
| |
+--+ +----------------- Fusconaia_chunii
| |
| | +-------------- Fusconaia_askewi__9
+--+ |
| | +----------- Fusconaia_askewi__6
| | |
+--+ +----------- Fusconaia_askewi__7
| |
| +----------- Fusconaia_askewi__8
| |
| +----------- Fusconaia_lananensis__5
+--+
+----------- Fusconaia_lananensis__6
|
| +-------- Fusconaia_askewi__5
| |
| +-------- Fusconaia_lananensis__4
| |
+--+ +----- Fusconaia_askewi__2
| |
| +----- Fusconaia_askewi__3
| |
+--+----- Fusconaia_askewi__4
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| +-- Fusconaia_askewi__1
| |
| +-- Fusconaia_lananensis__1
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_lananensis__2
|
+-- Fusconaia_lananensis__3
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