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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Data last updated
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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2020): cladograms
Complete Citation
Lopes-Lima, M., A. Hattori, T. Kondo, J.H. Lee, S.K. Kim et al. 2020. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the rising sun (Far East Asia): phylogeny, systematics, and distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 1-27. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures
(click the figure number to see the cladogram)
Cladogram Figure 10
+-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+-----------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_laevis
|
--+ +-- Beringiana_japonica
| +--------------+
| | +-- Beringiana_beringiana
| |
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_angula
| +-----------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| |
+--+ +----------- Sinanodonta_schrenkii
| |
| | +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos
| +--------+
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_tumens
|
| +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| |
+--+-------- Sinanodonta_jourdyi
|
| +----- Sinanodonta_elliptica
+--+
| +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
+--+
+-- Sinanodonta
Cladogram Figure 11
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
| +----------------- Lanceolaria_oxyrhyncha
| |
+--+ +-------------- Lanceolaria_gladiola
| |
+--+ +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| +--------+
| | +-- Lanceolaria_bilirata
+--+
| +-------- Lanceolaria_acrorrhyncha
+--+
| +----- Lanceolaria_kihirai
+--+
| +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--+
+-- Lanceolaria_triformis
Cladogram Figure 12
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+-----------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
| +--------+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
| +-------- Inversiunio_jokohamensis
| |
+--+ +----- Inversiunio_verrucosus__1
| |
+--+----- Inversiunio_verrucosus__2
|
| +-- Inversiunio_reinianus
+--+
+-- Inversiunio_yanagawensis
Cladogram Figure 13
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
--+
| +-------------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
+--+
| +----------------- Nodularia_breviconcha
+--+
| +-------------- Nodularia_fusiformans
+--+
| +----------- Nodularia_huana
+--+
| +-------- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
+--+
| +----- Nodularia_nipponensis
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
+-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
Cladogram Figure 14
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+-----+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis
| +--+
| | +-- Koreosolenaia_sitgyensis
+--+
| +-- Lamprotula_leaii
+--+
+-- Lamprotula_seomjinensis
Cladogram Figure 16
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+-----------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
--+
| +----------------- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
+--+
| +-------------- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
+--+
| +----------- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
| +-------- Lamprotula_caveata
+--+
| +----- Lamprotula_leaii__2
+--+
| +-- Lamprotula_seomjinensis
+--+
+-- Lamprotula_leaii__1
Cladogram Figure 17
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+-----------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +----------- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
| |
| | +-------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__10
+--+ |
| | +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__1
| | |
| | +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__2
+--+ |
| +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__3
| |
| +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__4
| |
| +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__5
+--+
+----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__6
|
+----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__7
|
+----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__8
|
+----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii__9
|
| +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
+--+
+-- Sinohyriopsis_goliath
Cladogram Figure 2-4
+-- Neotrigonia_lamarckii
+-----------------------------------------------+
| +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Hyridella_depressa
| +--------------------------------------------+
| | +-- Velesunio_ambiguus
--+ |
| | +-- Margaritifera_laevis
| | +-----------------------------------------+
| | | +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
| | |
| | | +-- Lamproscapha_ensiformis
+--+ | +-----+
| | | +-- Mycetopoda_siliquosa
| | +--------------------------------+
| | | | +----- Etheria_elliptica
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| | | +--+
| | | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| | |
+--+ | +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca
| | |
| | +-----------------------------------+-- Leoparreysia_tavoyensis
| | | |
| | | +-- Radiatula_mouhoti
| | |
| | | +-- Lens_contradens
| | | |
| | | +-- Ensidens_sagittarius
| | | |
| | | +-----------------------+-- Physunio_modelli
| | | | |
| | | | +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis
| | | | |
+--+ | | +-- Yaukthwa_nesemanni
| | |
| | | +-- Amblema_plicata
| | | |
| | | +-- Elliptio_complanata
| | | +--------------------+
| | +--------+ | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| | | | |
| | | | | +----- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
| | | | | +-----------+
| | | | | | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | | | | | +--+
| | | | | +--+ +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-------------- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | | +--+ | | |
| | | | | +--+ +----------- Potomida_littoralis
| | | | | | |
| | | | | +--+ +-------- Lamprotula_caveata
| | | | | | |
+--+ | | | +--+ +----- Lamprotula_leaii__2
| | | | | |
| | | | +--+----- Lamprotula_leaii__3
| | | | |
| | | | | +-- Lamprotula_seomjinensis
| | | | +--+
| | | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii__1
| | +--+
| | | +-- Indopseudodon_indawgyiensis
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Indopseudodon_salwenianus
| | | |
| | | +-----+ +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
| | | | | +-----+
| | | | | | +-- Pilsbryoconcha_carinifera
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +----- Pseudodon_mekongi
| | | | | |
| | | | +--+ +-- Nyeinchanconcha_nyeinchani
| | | | | |
| | | | +--+-- Bineurus_mouhotii
| | | | |
| | +--+ +-- Sundadontina_tumida
| | |
| | | +-------- Inversidens_brandtii
| | | |
| | | +-----+ +-- Obovalis_omiensis
| | | | | +--+
| | | | | | +-- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Koreosolenaia_sitgyensis
| | |
| | | +----- Gonidea_angulata
+--+ | +-----+
| | | | +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi
| | | +--+
| +--+ +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii
| |
| | +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--+
| | +----- Sinosolenaia_recognita
| +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_iridinea
| +--+
| +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
|
| +-------------------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis
| |
| +-------------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
| | +----------- Scriptolamprotula_tortuosa
| | +--------------+
| | | | +-------- Scriptolamprotula_scripta
| | | +--+
| | | | +----- Scriptolamprotula_coreana
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Scriptolamprotula_fibrosa
| | | +--+
| +-----+ +-- Scriptolamprotula_tientsinensis
| | |
| | | +----------------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
| | | |
| | | | +----- Unio_gibbus
| | | | |
| | | | +--------------+----- Unio_tumidus
| | | | | |
| | +--+ | | +-- Unio_crassus
| | | | +--+
| | | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | | |
| | | | +-------------- Nodularia_breviconcha
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ | | +----------- Nodularia_huana
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-------- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +----- Nodularia_nipponensis
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
| | |
| | | +----- Schistodesmus_spinosus
| | | +--------+
+--+ | | | +-- Schistodesmus_xinyuensis
| | | +--+
| | | +-- Schistodesmus_tongpenensis
| | |
| | | +-------- Cuneopsis_rufescens
| | +-----+
| +--+ | +----- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cuneopsis_szechenyii
| | +--+
| | +-- Cuneopsis_heudei
| |
| | +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| +--+
| | +-------- Inversiunio_jokohamensis
| +--+
| | +----- Inversiunio_verrucosus
| +--+
| | +-- Inversiunio_reinianus
| +--+
| +-- Inversiunio_yanagawensis
|
| +----------------- Lanceolaria_oxyrhyncha
| |
| +-----------+ +-------------- Lanceolaria_gladiola
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Lanceolaria_bilirata
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Lanceolaria_acrorrhyncha
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lanceolaria_kihirai
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lanceolaria_triformis
| |
| | +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata
+--+ |
| | +----- Anodonta_cygnea
| +--+
| | | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| +-----------------+ +--+
| | | +-- Brachyanodon_nuttalliana
| | |
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | | |
| | | +----- Simpsonaias_ambigua
| | +--+
| | +----- Strophitus_undulatus
| | |
| | | +-- Alasmidonta_marginata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lasmigona_costata
+--+
| +-- Cristaria_plicata
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Cristaria_clessini
| |
| | +-------------- Anemina_harlandi
| | |
| +--------+ +----------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-------- Buldowskia_suifunica
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Buldowskia_flavotincta
+--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Buldowskia_shadini
| +--+
| | +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai
| +--+
| +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai
|
| +-------------------- Pletholophus_tenuis
| |
| | +-------- Beringiana_japonica
| | +--------+
+--+ | | +----- Beringiana_beringiana
| | +--+
| | | +-- Beringiana_fukuharai
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Beringiana_gosannensis
|
| +-- Sinanodonta_angula
| +-----------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| |
+--+ +----------- Sinanodonta_schrenkii
| |
| | +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos
| +--------+
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_tumens
|
| +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| |
+--+ +----- Sinanodonta_elliptica
| |
+--+----- Sinanodonta_jourdyi
|
| +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
+--+
+-- Sinanodonta_pacifica
Cladogram Figure 5
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
| +-----------+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
| +----------- Scriptolamprotula_tortuosa
+--+
| +-------- Scriptolamprotula_tientsinensis
+--+
| +----- Scriptolamprotula_fibrosa
+--+
| +-- Scriptolamprotula_scripta
+--+
+-- Scriptolamprotula_coreana
Cladogram Figure 6
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+-----------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
| +--------------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
+--+
| +-------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| |
+--+ +----------- Anemina_harlandi
| |
+--+ +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai
| +-----+
| | +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai
+--+
| +----- Buldowskia_shadini
+--+
| +-- Buldowskia_suifunica
+--+
+-- Buldowskia_flavotincta
Cladogram Figure 7
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+-----------+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
|
--+ +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_tumens
+--+
| +-------- Beringiana_gosannensis
+--+
| +----- Beringiana_fukuharai
+--+
| +-- Beringiana_beringiana
+--+
+-- Beringiana_japonica
Cladogram Figure 8
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
--+ +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +-----+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
+--+
| +----- Cristaria_clessini
+--+
| +-- Cristaria_plicata
+--+
+-- Cristaria_radiata
Cladogram Figure 9
+-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--------+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
--+
| +-------- Cristaria_plicata
+--+
| +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii
+--+
| +-- Pletholophus_tenuis
+--+
+-- Pletholophus_reinianus
