Smith, C.H., N.A. Johnson, K. Havlik, R.D. Doyle & C.R. Randklev. 2020. Resolving species boundaries in the critically imperiled freshwater mussel species, Fusconaia mitchelli (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59: 60-77. Available electronically.
(click the figure number to see the cladogram)
+-------------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
|
--+ +----------------------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| |
| | +-------------------- Elliptio_crassidens
+--+ |
| +-------------------- Plethobasus_cyphyus
| |
+--+ +----------------- Parvaspina_steinstansana
| |
| | +-- Hemistena_lata
| +--------------+
| | +-- Eurynia_dilatata
+--+
| +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
| +-----------+
| | +-- Pleurobema_clava
| |
| | +----------- Fusconaia_subrotunda
+--+ |
| | +-- Fusconaia_cor
| +--------+
| | +-- Fusconaia_cuneolus
+--+
| +-------- Fusconaia_flava
| |
| +-------- Fusconaia_masoni
| |
| | +-- Fusconaia_burkei
+--+-----+
| +-- Fusconaia_escambia
|
| +-- Fusconaia_iheringi
| +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_mitchelli
+--+
| +-- Fusconaia_askewi
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_chunii
+-------------- Pleurobema_clava
|
| +----- Fusconaia_subrotunda
| +-----+
--+ | | +-- Fusconaia_cor
| | +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_cuneolus
| |
| | +-- Fusconaia_iheringi
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_mitchelli
| +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_askewi
| | +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_chunii
+--+
| +-- Fusconaia_flava
| +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_masoni
+--+
| +-- Fusconaia_burkei
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_escambia