Dai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, C.-L. Hu, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2024. Description of a new freshwater mussel species of Pletholophus, Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(4): 1191-1200. Available electronically.
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+-- Gibbosula_laosensis
+--------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +-- Trapezidens_exolescens
| +-----------------------+
--+ | +-- Scabies_crispata
| |
| | +-------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| | |
| | +--------+ +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | | | |
+--+ | +--+ +-------- Buldowskia_suifunica
| | | |
| | +--+ +----- Buldowskia_flavotincta
| | | |
| | +--+----- Buldowskia_shadini
| | |
| | | +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai
|
| +-------- Cristaria_bellua
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Cristaria_clessini
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| | +--+
| | +-- Cristaria_truncata
| |
+--+ +-------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis
| +--------+
| | | +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pletholophus_tenuis
| | +--+
| | +-- Pletholophus_reinianus
+--+
| +-------- Beringiana_japonica
| +-----+
| | | +----- Beringiana_beringiana
| | +--+
| | | +-- Beringiana_fukuharai
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Beringiana_gosannensis
|
| +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| +--------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_angula
| |
+--+ +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica
|
| +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii
+--+
| +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos
+--+
+-- Sinanodonta_tumens
+-- Gibbosula_laosensis
+--------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +-- Trapezidens_exolescens
| +-----------------------+
--+ | +-- Scabies_crispata
| |
| | +-------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| | |
| | +--------+ +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | | | |
+--+ | +--+ +-------- Buldowskia_suifunica
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai
| | +--+
| | | +-- Buldowskia_flavotincta
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Buldowskia_shadini
|
| +-------- Cristaria_bellua
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Cristaria_clessini
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| | +--+
| | +-- Cristaria_truncata
| |
+--+ +-------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis
| +--------+
| | | +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pletholophus_tenuis
| | +--+
| | +-- Pletholophus_reinianus
| |
+--+ +-- Beringiana_fukuharai
| +--+
| | +-- Beringiana_gosannensis
| +--------+
| | | +-- Beringiana_beringiana
| | +--+
| | +-- Beringiana_japonica
+--+
| +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| +--------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_angula
| |
+--+ +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica
|
| +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii
+--+
| +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos
+--+
+-- Sinanodonta_tumens