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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Klunzinger et al. (2021): cladograms
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Complete Citation

Klunzinger, M.W., M. Lopes-Lima, A. Gomes-dos-Santos, E. Froufe, A.J. Lymbery & L. Kirkendale. 2021. Phylogeographic study of the West Australian freshwater mussel, Westralunio carteri, uncovers evolutionarily significant units that raise new conservation concerns. Hydrobiologia 848: 2951-2964. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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• Fig. 2

Cladogram Figure 2

        +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  +-----+                              
  |     +-- Unio_pictorum              
  |                                    
--+     +-- Westralunio_inbisi         
  |  +--+                              
  |  |  +-- Westralunio_carteri        
  +--+                                 
     |  +-- Velesunio_ambiguus         
     +--+                              
        +-- Cucumerunio_novaehollandiae