Publication Perkins et al. (2025): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Perkins, M.A., K.L. DeVilbiss, N.W. Whelan, R.A. Hoch, B.K. Jones et al. 2025. A new endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) genus and species, Ligodonta obscura, from the Yadkin-Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, USA. ZooKeys 1248: 245-265. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2_mtDNA-ITS
                             +-- Anodonta_cygnea                 
  +--------------------------+                                   
  |                          +-- Anodonta_anatina                
  |                                                              
  |  +-------------------------- Pseudanodonta_complanata        
  |  |                                                           
  |  |                       +-- Utterbackiana_heardi            
  |  |                    +--+                                   
  |  |                    |  +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana        
--+  |        +-----------+                                      
  |  |        |           |  +-- Utterbackiana_hartfieldorum     
  |  |        |           +--+                                   
  |  |        |              +-- Utterbackiana_suborbiculata     
  |  |        |                                                  
  |  |  +-----+           +----- Alasminota_etowaensis__2        
  |  |  |     |  +--------+                                      
  |  |  |     |  |        |  +-- Alasminota_etowaensis__1        
  +--+  |     |  |        +--+                                   
     |  |     |  |           +-- Alasminota_holstonia            
     |  |     +--+                                               
     |  |        |           +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus       
     |  |        |  +--------+                                   
     |  |        |  |        +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis
     |  |        +--+                                            
     |  |           |  +-------- Lasmigona_costata               
     |  |           +--+                                         
     |  |              |  +----- Pterosyna_complanata            
     |  |              +--+                                      
     |  |                 |  +-- Arcidens_confragosus            
     |  |                 +--+                                   
     |  |                    +-- Arcidens_wheeleri               
     +--+                                                        
        |              +-------- Prolasmidonta_heterodon         
        |        +-----+                                         
        |        |     |  +----- Platynaias_decorata             
        |        |     +--+                                      
        |        |        |  +-- Platynaias_compressa            
        |        |        +--+                                   
        |  +-----+           +-- Platynaias_subviridis           
        |  |     |                                               
        |  |     |  +----------- Ligodonta_obscura               
        |  |     |  |                                            
        |  |     |  |        +-- Alasmidonta_marginata           
        |  |     +--+  +-----+                                   
        |  |        |  |     +-- Alasmidonta_raveneliana         
        |  |        |  |                                         
        |  |        +--+     +-- Alasmidonta_varicosa            
        |  |           |  +--+                                   
        +--+           |  |  +-- Alasmidonta_uwharriensis        
           |           +--+                                      
           |              |  +-- Alasmidonta_arcula              
           |              +--+                                   
           |                 +-- Alasmidonta_triangulata         
           |                                                     
           |              +----- Sulcularia_viridis              
           |  +-----------+                                      
           |  |           |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis               
           |  |           +--+                                   
           |  |              +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis        
           +--+                                                  
              |              +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus      
              |  +-----------+                                   
              |  |           +-- Anodontoides_denigratus         
              |  |                                               
              +--+        +----- Strophitus_undulatus__2         
                 |  +-----+                                      
                 |  |     |  +-- Strophitus_howellsi             
                 |  |     +--+                                   
                 +--+        +-- Strophitus_undulatus__1         
                    |                                            
                    |  +-------- Strophitus_pascagoulaensis__2   
                    +--+                                         
                       |  +----- Strophitus_pascagoulaensis__1   
                       +--+                                      
                          |  +-- Strophitus_williamsi            
                          +--+                                   
                             +-- Strophitus_radiatus