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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Klishko et al. (2017): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Klishko, O., M. Lopes-Lima, E. Froufe, A.E. Bogan, L. Vasiliev & L. Yanovich. 2017. Taxonomic reassessment of the freshwater mussel genus Unio (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Russia and Ukraine based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4286(1): 93-112. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 8
           +-- Nodularia_douglasiae 
  +--------+                        
  |        +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
--+                                 
  |  +-------- Unio_tumidus         
  +--+                              
     |  +----- Unio_pictorum        
     +--+                           
        |  +-- Unio_nanus           
        +--+                        
           +-- Unio_crassus         
 
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