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Taxonomy

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


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Geography

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North America

Central America

South America

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East Asia

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Smith (2021): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Smith, C.H. 2021. A high-quality reference genome for a parasitic bivalve with doubly uniparental inheritance (Bivalvia: Unionida). Genome Biology and Evolution 13(3). evab029 (pp. 1-8). Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
  +----------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                                         
  |                          +-- Etheria_elliptica          
--+  +-----------------------+                              
  |  |                       +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana    
  |  |                                                      
  |  |  +----------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  +--+  |                                                   
     |  |                 +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
     |  |           +-----+                                 
     |  |           |     |  +-- Lens_contradens            
     |  |           |     +--+                              
     +--+  +--------+        +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
        |  |        |                                       
        |  |        |  +-------- Scabies_phaselus           
        |  |        +--+                                    
        |  |           |  +----- Cristaria_plicata          
        |  |           +--+                                 
        |  |              |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
        +--+              +--+                              
           |                 +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
           |                                                
           |                 +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus      
           |  +--------------+                              
           |  |              +-- Megalonaias_nervosa        
           |  |                                             
           +--+              +-- Elliptio_crassidens        
              |  +-----------+                              
              |  |           +-- Elliptio_complanata        
              +--+                                          
                 |  +----------- Amblema_plicata            
                 +--+                                       
                    |  +-------- Potamilus_streckersoni     
                    +--+                                    
                       |  +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
                       +--+                                 
                          |  +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      
                          +--+                              
                             +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
 
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