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Publication Wu et al. (2020): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Wu, R.-W., X.-J. Liu, S. Ouyang & X.-P. Wu. 2020. Comparative analysis of the complete mitochondrial genomes of three Lamprotula (Bivalvia: Unionidae) species: insight into the shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA for recently diverged species delimitation. Malacologia 63(1): 51-66. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
  +----------------------------- Margaritifera_falcata      
  |                                                         
  |                       +----- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |  +--------------------+                                 
  |  |                    |  +-- Toxolasma_parvum           
  |  |                    +--+                              
--+  |                       +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  |  |                                                      
  |  |                       +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
  |  |        +--------------+                              
  |  |        |              +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
  |  |        |                                             
  |  |  +-----+              +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora      
  +--+  |     |  +-----------+                              
     |  |     |  |           +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
     |  |     +--+                                          
     |  |        |  +----------- Pronodularia_japanensis    
     |  |        +--+                                       
     |  |           |  +-------- Lamprotula_leaii           
     |  |           +--+                                    
     |  |              |  +----- Lamprotula_caveata__1      
     |  |              +--+                                 
     |  |                 |  +-- Lamprotula_cornuumlunae    
     |  |                 +--+                              
     +--+                    +-- Lamprotula_caveata__2      
        |                                                   
        |                 +----- Cristaria_plicata          
        |           +-----+                                 
        |           |     |  +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
        |           |     +--+                              
        |  +--------+        +-- Anemina_arcaeformis        
        |  |        |                                       
        |  |        |  +-------- Anodonta_anatina           
        |  |        +--+                                    
        |  |           |  +----- Pyganodon_grandis          
        |  |           +--+                                 
        |  |              |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
        +--+              +--+                              
           |                 +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
           |                                                
           |           +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
           |  +--------+                                    
           |  |        |  +----- Aculamprotula_scripta      
           |  |        +--+                                 
           |  |           |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
           +--+           +--+                              
              |              +-- Aculamprotula_coreana      
              |                                             
              |  +-------------- Unio_pictorum              
              |  |                                          
              +--+  +----------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata   
                 |  |                                       
                 +--+  +-------- Nodularia_douglasiae       
                    |  |                                    
                    +--+     +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus  
                       |  +--+                              
                       |  |  +-- Schistodesmus_xinyuensis   
                       +--+                                 
                          |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei           
                          +--+                              
                             +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula     
Cladogram Figure 4
                 +----- Gibbosula_rochechouartii   
  +--------------+                                 
  |              |  +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |              +--+                              
  |                 +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
--+                                                
  |  +----------------- Lampsilis_cardium          
  |  |                                             
  |  |     +----------- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
  |  |  +--+                                       
  +--+  |  |  +-------- Potomida_littoralis        
     |  |  +--+                                    
     |  |     |  +----- Lamprotula_leaii           
     |  |     +--+                                 
     +--+        |  +-- Lamprotula_caveata         
        |        +--+                              
        |           +-- Lamprotula_cornuumlunae    
        |                                          
        |  +----------- Unio_pictorum              
        +--+                                       
           |  +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
           +--+                                    
              |  +----- Aculamprotula_scripta      
              +--+                                 
                 |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Aculamprotula_fibrosa      
 
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