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Publication Burlakova et al. (2019): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Burlakova, L.E., D. Campbell & A.Y. Karatayev. 2019. Status of rare endemic species: molecular phylogeny, distribution and conservation of freshwater molluscs Truncilla macrodon and Truncilla cognata in Texas. Malacologia 62(2): 345-363. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
                          +-- Quadrula_quadrula      
  +-----------------------+                          
  |                       +-- Uniomerus_declivis     
  |                                                  
  |  +----------------------- Plectomerus_dombeyanus 
--+  |                                               
  |  |  +-------------------- Popenaias_popeii       
  |  |  |                                            
  |  |  |                 +-- Elliptio_crassidens    
  |  |  +-----------------+                          
  +--+  |                 +-- Pleurobema_rubellum    
     |  |                                            
     |  |                 +-- Cyrtonaias_berlandierii
     |  |              +--+                          
     |  |              |  +-- Glebula_rotundata      
     |  +--------------+                             
     |  |              |  +-- Reginaia_ebenus        
     +--+              +--+                          
        |                 +-- Obliquaria_reflexa     
        |                                            
        |  +----------------- Toxolasma_lividum      
        |  |                                         
        |  |              +-- Potamilus_fragilis     
        |  |  +-----------+                          
        |  |  |           +-- Potamilus_metnecktayi  
        |  |  |                                      
        |  |  |        +----- Medionidus_acutissimus 
        |  |  +--------+                             
        +--+  |        |  +-- Lemiox_rimosus         
           |  |        +--+                          
           |  |           +-- Dromus_dromas          
           |  |                                      
           |  |        +----- Ellipsaria_lineolata   
           |  |        |                             
           |  +--------+  +-- Truncilla_cognata      
           |  |        |  |                          
           +--+        |  +-- Truncilla_donaciformis 
              |        +--+                          
              |           +-- Truncilla_macrodon     
              |           |                          
              |           +-- Truncilla_truncata     
              |                                      
              |  +----------- Cambarunio_simus       
              |  |                                   
              |  +----------- Leaunio_lienosus       
              |  |                                   
              |  +----------- Villosa_villosa        
              |  |                                   
              |  |        +-- Sagittunio_nasutus     
              |  +--------+                          
              +--+        +-- Lampsilis_ovata        
                 |                                   
                 |     +----- Venustaconcha_pleasii  
                 +-----+                             
                 |     |  +-- Epioblasma_rangiana    
                 |     +--+                          
                 |        +-- Obovaria_unicolor      
                 |                                   
                 |  +-------- Lampsilis_teres        
                 +--+                                
                    |  +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea  
                    +--+                             
                       |  +-- Lampsilis_hydiana      
                       +--+                          
                          +-- Lampsilis_straminea    
 
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