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Publication Smith et al. (2020): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationSmith, C.H., J.M. Pfeiffer & N.A. Johnson. 2020. Comparative phylogenomics reveal complex evolution of life history strategies in a clade of bivalves with parasitic larvae (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Ambleminae). Cladistics 36: 505-520. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-------------------------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
|
| +-- Pleurobema_strodeanum
--+ +--------------------------------+
| | +-- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| |
| | +----- Reginaia_ebenus
+--+ +--------------------------+
| | | +-- Amblema_plicata
| | +--+
| | +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
+--+
| +-- Popenaias_popeii
| +--------------------------+
| | +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa
| |
+--+ +-------------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa
| |
| | +----------------------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
+--+ |
| | +-- Pachynaias_spheniopsis
| | +-----------------+
+--+ | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| |
| | +----------- Ellipsaria_lineolata
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +-------- Truncilla_truncata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Truncilla_donaciformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Truncilla_cognata
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Truncilla_macrodon
|
| +-------------- Atlanticoncha_ochracea
| |
| | +-- Potamilus_fragilis
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Potamilus_leptodon
+--+ +--+
| | | +----- Potamilus_metnecktayi
| | +--+
| | | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
|
| +-- Potamilus_capax
| +-----+
| | +-- Potamilus_inflatus
+--+
| +----- Potamilus_ohiensis
+--+
| +-- Potamilus_streckersoni
+--+
+-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
Cladogram Figure 2-3
+----------------------------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
|
| +-- Pleurobema_strodeanum
--+ +-----------------------------------+
| | +-- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| |
| | +----- Reginaia_ebenus
+--+ +-----------------------------+
| | | +-- Amblema_plicata
| | +--+
| | +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
+--+
| +-- Popenaias_popeii
| +-----------------------------+
| | +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa
| |
+--+ +----------------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa
| |
| | +-------------------------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
+--+ |
| | +-- Pachynaias_spheniopsis
| | +--------------------+
+--+ | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| |
| | +----------- Ellipsaria_lineolata
| | +--------+
+--+ | | +-------- Truncilla_truncata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Truncilla_donaciformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Truncilla_cognata
+--+ +--+
| +-- Truncilla_macrodon
|
| +----------------- Atlanticoncha_ochracea
| |
| | +-- Potamilus_capax
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Potamilus_inflatus
| |
| | +----- Potamilus_ohiensis
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Potamilus_streckersoni
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
+--+
| +-- Potamilus_fragilis
| +-----+
| | +-- Potamilus_leptodon
+--+
| +----- Potamilus_metnecktayi
+--+
| +-- Potamilus_alatus
+--+
+-- Potamilus_purpuratus
|
