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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Lyubas et al. (2019): cladograms

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Lyubas, A.A., T.F. Obada, M.Y. Gofarov, V.V. Kriauciunas, I.V. Vikhrev et al. 2019. A taxonomic revision of fossil freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) from Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of southeastern Europe. Ecologica Montenegrina 21: 1-16. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 10
                 +----- Gibbosula_rochechouartii   
  +--------------+                                 
  |              |  +-- Gibbosula_laosensis        
  |              +--+                              
  |                 +-- Gibbosula_crassa           
  |                                                
  |           +-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
--+           |                                    
  |  +--------+  +----- Pseudunio_marocanus        
  |  |        |  |                                 
  |  |        +--+  +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
  |  |           |  |                              
  |  |           |  +-- Pseudunio_flabellata       
  |  |           +--+                              
  +--+              +-- Pseudunio_flabellatiformis 
     |              |                              
     |              +-- Pseudunio_homsensis        
     |                                             
     |              +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
     |  +-----------+                              
     |  |           +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
     +--+                                          
        |  +----------- Margaritifera_falcata      
        +--+                                       
           |  +-------- Margaritifera_laevis       
           +--+                                    
              |  +----- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Margaritifera_marrianae    
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Margaritifera_hembeli      
 
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