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

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Publication Sano et al. (2022): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Sano, I., T. Saito, S. Ito, B. Ye, T. Uechi et al. 2022. Resolving species-level diversity of Beringiana and Sinanodonta mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Japanese archipelago using genome-wide data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 175. 107563 (14 pp.). Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
              +-------- Pletholophus_reinianus  
  +-----------+                                 
  |           |  +----- Cristaria_plicata       
  |           +--+                              
  |              |  +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai     
  |              +--+                           
  |                 +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai      
--+                                             
  |           +-------- Beringiana_fukuharai    
  |  +--------+                                 
  |  |        |  +----- Beringiana_japonica     
  |  |        +--+                              
  |  |           |  +-- Beringiana_gosannensis  
  +--+           +--+                           
     |              +-- Beringiana_beringiana   
     |                                          
     |  +-------------- Sinanodonta_tumens      
     +--+                                       
        |  +----------- Sinanodonta_calipygos__2
        +--+                                    
           |  +-------- Sinanodonta_calipygos__1
           +--+                                 
              |  +----- Sinanodonta_lauta__2    
              +--+                              
                 |  +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica    
                 +--+                           
                    +-- Sinanodonta_lauta__1    
Cladogram Figure 3
                 +-------- Pletholophus_reinianus
  +--------------+                               
  |              |  +----- Cristaria_plicata     
  |              +--+                            
  |                 |  +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai    
  |                 +--+                         
  |                    +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai   
--+                                              
  |              +-------- Beringiana_fukuharai  
  |  +-----------+                               
  |  |           |  +----- Beringiana_gosannensis
  |  |           +--+                            
  |  |              |  +-- Beringiana_japonica   
  |  |              +--+                         
  +--+                 +-- Beringiana_beringiana 
     |                                           
     |                 +-- Sinanodonta_angula    
     |  +--------------+                         
     |  |              +-- Sinanodonta_lucida    
     |  |                                        
     +--+           +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii 
        |  +--------+                            
        |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_tumens    
        |  |        +--+                         
        +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos 
           |                                     
           |  +----------- Sinanodonta_woodiana  
           +--+                                  
              |  +-------- Sinanodonta_jourdyi   
              +--+                               
                 |  +----- Sinanodonta_elliptica 
                 +--+                            
                    |  +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica  
                    +--+                         
                       +-- Sinanodonta_lauta     
 
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