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

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Publication Inoue et al. (2020): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Inoue, K., K.S. Cummings, J.S. Tiemann, T.D. Miller, N.A. Johnson et al. 2020. A new species of freshwater mussel in the genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927, from the Gulf coast rivers of central Mexico (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae) with comments on the genus. Zootaxa 4816(4): 457-490. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
  +-------------------------- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |                                                      
  |                       +-- Reginaia_ebenus            
  |  +--------------------+                              
  |  |                    +-- Reginaia_rotulata          
--+  |                                                   
  |  |                 +----- Amblema_plicata            
  |  |  +--------------+                                 
  |  |  |              |  +-- Amblema_elliottii          
  |  |  |              +--+                              
  +--+  |                 +-- Amblema_neislerii          
     |  |                                                
     |  |              +----- Popenaias_popeii           
     |  |           +--+                                 
     |  |           |  |  +-- Popenaias_berezai          
     |  |           |  +--+                              
     |  |           |     +-- Popenaias_semirasa         
     +--+           |                                    
        |  +--------+     +-- Psoronaias_profunda        
        |  |        |     |                              
        |  |        |     +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa__1  
        |  |        |     |                              
        |  |        |     +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa__2  
        |  |        |     |                              
        |  |        +-----+-- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__1
        |  |              |                              
        |  |              +-- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__2
        +--+              |                              
           |              +-- Psoronaias_percompressa    
           |              |                              
           |              +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa__3  
           |                                             
           |              +-- Glebula_rotundata          
           |  +-----------+                              
           |  |           +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
           |  |                                          
           +--+  +----------- Potamilus_alatus           
              |  |                                       
              |  |        +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris 
              +--+  +-----+                              
                 |  |     +-- Truncilla_truncata         
                 |  |                                    
                 |  |  +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                 +--+  |                                 
                    |  +----- Epioblasma_triquetra       
                    |  |                                 
                    |  +----- Lampsilis_cardium          
                    |  |                                 
                    +--+----- Ligumia_recta              
                       |                                 
                       +----- Cambarunio_iris            
                       |                                 
                       +----- Pachynaias_spheniopsis     
                       |                                 
                       |  +-- Cyrtonaias_explicata       
                       +--+                              
                          +-- Sphenonaias_microdon       
Cladogram Figure 3
  +----------------------------------------- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |                                                                     
  |                                      +-- Reginaia_ebenus            
  |  +-----------------------------------+                              
--+  |                                   +-- Reginaia_rotulata          
  |  |                                                                  
  |  |                                +----- Amblema_neislerii          
  |  |  +-----------------------------+                                 
  |  |  |                             |  +-- Amblema_plicata            
  +--+  |                             +--+                              
     |  |                                +-- Amblema_elliottii          
     |  |                                                               
     |  |                             +----- Popenaias_popeii           
     |  |                    +--------+                                 
     |  |                    |        |  +-- Popenaias_berezai          
     |  |                    |        +--+                              
     +--+                    |           +-- Popenaias_semirasa         
        |  +-----------------+                                          
        |  |                 |  +----------- Psoronaias_profunda        
        |  |                 |  |                                       
        |  |                 |  |     +----- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__1
        |  |                 +--+  +--+                                 
        |  |                    |  |  |  +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa__1  
        |  |                    |  |  +--+                              
        |  |                    +--+     +-- Psoronaias_percompressa    
        +--+                       |                                    
           |                       |  +----- Psoronaias_semigranosa__3  
           |                       +--+                                 
           |                          |  +-- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__2
           |                          +--+                              
           |                             +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa__2  
           |                                                            
           |  +----------------------------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
           |  |                                                         
           +--+  +-------------------------- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris 
              |  |                                                      
              +--+  +----------------------- Ligumia_recta              
                 |  |                                                   
                 +--+  +-------------------- Potamilus_alatus           
                    |  |                                                
                    +--+  +----------------- Pachynaias_spheniopsis     
                       |  |                                             
                       |  |              +-- Epioblasma_triquetra       
                       +--+  +-----------+                              
                          |  |           +-- Truncilla_truncata         
                          |  |                                          
                          +--+           +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                             |  +--------+                              
                             |  |        +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
                             +--+                                       
                                |  +-------- Cambarunio_iris            
                                +--+                                    
                                   |  +----- Sphenonaias_microdon__2    
                                   +--+                                 
                                      |  +-- Cyrtonaias_explicata       
                                      +--+                              
                                         +-- Sphenonaias_microdon__1    
 
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