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Publication Chen et al. (2025): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Chen, H., H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-T. Dai, Z.-G. Chen, Y.-M. He et al. 2025. A new genus and two new species of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Sichuan, China: Overlooked cryptic endemism in the upper Yangtze River Basin. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1459-1470. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
  +----------------- Sinosolenaia_oleivora        
  |                                               
--+              +-- Nodularia_nipponensis        
  |  +-----------+                                
  |  |           +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
  +--+                                            
     |  +----------- Pseudocuneopsis_perflora     
     |  |                                         
     +--+  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
        |  |                                      
        +--+     +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
           |  +--+                                
           |  |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_wuana        
           +--+                                   
              |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
              +--+                                
                 +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
Cladogram Figure 3
                                               +-- Anodontites_trapesialis      
  +--------------------------------------------+                                
  |                                            +-- Mutela_dubia                 
  |                                                                             
  |                             +----------------- Echyridella_menziesii        
  |  +--------------------------+                                               
  |  |                          |  +-------------- Gibbosula_rochechouartii     
  |  |                          +--+                                            
  |  |                             |  +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta       
  |  |                             +--+                                         
  |  |                                |  +-------- Pseudunio_marocanus          
  |  |                                +--+                                      
  |  |                                   |  +----- Margaritifera_falcata        
--+  |                                   +--+                                   
  |  |                                      |  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica       
  |  |                                      +--+                                
  |  |                                         +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera  
  |  |                                                                          
  |  |                                         +-- Quadrula_quadrula            
  |  |              +--------------------------+                                
  |  |              |                          +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus        
  |  |              |                                                           
  |  |  +-----------+                          +-- Elliptio_complanata          
  |  |  |           |  +-----------------------+                                
  |  |  |           |  |                       +-- Pleurobema_oviforme          
  |  |  |           +--+                                                        
  +--+  |              |  +----------------------- Amblema_plicata              
     |  |              |  |                                                     
     |  |              +--+  +-------------------- Popenaias_popeii             
     |  |                 |  |                                                  
     |  |                 +--+  +----------------- Toxolasma_parvum             
     |  |                    |  |                                               
     |  |                    +--+              +-- Potamilus_leptodon           
     |  |                       |  +-----------+                                
     |  |                       |  |           +-- Potamilus_alatus             
     |  |                       +--+                                            
     |  |                          |  +----------- Leaunio_lienosus             
     |  |                          |  |                                         
     |  |                          +--+        +-- Lampsilis_cardium            
     |  |                             |  +-----+                                
     |  |                             |  |     +-- Lampsilis_ornata             
     |  |                             +--+                                      
     |  |                                |  +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis  
     |  |                                +--+                                   
     |  |                                   |  +-- Lampsilis_powellii           
     |  |                                   +--+                                
     |  |                                      +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea        
     |  |                                                                       
     +--+                                   +----- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai   
        |                    +--------------+                                   
        |                    |              |  +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii       
        |                    |              +--+                                
        |                    |                 +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii     
        |                    |                                                  
        |                    |                 +-- Hyriopsis_bialata            
        |  +-----------------+              +--+                                
        |  |                 |              |  +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis        
        |  |                 |  +-----------+                                   
        |  |                 |  |           |  +-- Lens_contradens              
        |  |                 |  |           +--+                                
        |  |                 |  |              +-- Physunio_superbus            
        |  |                 |  |                                               
        |  |                 +--+        +-------- Potomida_semirugata          
        |  |                    |  +-----+                                      
        |  |                    |  |     |  +----- Pronodularia_japanensis      
        |  |                    |  |     +--+                                   
        |  |                    |  |        |  +-- Lamprotula_caveata           
        |  |                    |  |        +--+                                
        |  |                    +--+           +-- Lamprotula_leaii             
        |  |                       |                                            
        |  |                       |           +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus   
        |  |                       |  +--------+                                
        |  |                       |  |        +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis        
        |  |                       |  |                                         
        |  |                       +--+        +-- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri      
        +--+                          |  +-----+                                
           |                          |  |     +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis      
           |                          +--+                                      
           |                             |  +----- Microcondylaea_bonellii      
           |                             +--+                                   
           |                                |  +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata        
           |                                +--+                                
           |                                   +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora        
           |                                                                    
           |  +----------------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati       
           |  |                                                                 
           |  |                             +----- Lanceolaria_gladiola         
           |  |              +--------------+                                   
           |  |              |              |  +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata       
           |  |              |              +--+                                
           |  |              |                 +-- Lanceolaria_grayii           
           |  |  +-----------+                                                  
           |  |  |           |  +----------------- Acuticosta_chinensis         
           |  |  |           |  |                                               
           |  |  |           |  |     +----------- Cristaria_plicata            
           |  |  |           |  |  +--+                                         
           +--+  |           +--+  |  |  +-------- Anemina_arcaeformis          
              |  |              |  |  +--+                                      
              |  |              |  |     |  +----- Sinanodonta_lucida           
              |  |              |  |     +--+                                   
              |  |              |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_tumens           
              |  |              +--+        +--+                                
              |  |                 |           +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana         
              |  |                 |                                            
              |  |                 |           +-- Anodonta_cygnea              
              |  |                 |  +--------+                                
              |  |                 |  |        +-- Anodonta_anatina             
              |  |                 +--+                                         
              +--+                    |  +-------- Platynaias_compressa         
                 |                    +--+                                      
                 |                       |  +----- Pyganodon_grandis            
                 |                       +--+                                   
                 |                          |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis       
                 |                          +--+                                
                 |                             +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis     
                 |                                                              
                 |                       +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa       
                 |                       |                                      
                 |  +--------------------+     +-- Aculamprotula_coreana        
                 |  |                    |  +--+                                
                 |  |                    |  |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis  
                 |  |                    +--+                                   
                 |  |                       |  +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta     
                 |  |                       +--+                                
                 |  |                          +-- Aculamprotula_scripta        
                 |  |                                                           
                 +--+                    +-------- Unio_tumidus                 
                    |  +-----------------+                                      
                    |  |                 |  +----- Unio_nanus                   
                    |  |                 +--+                                   
                    |  |                    |  +-- Unio_delphinus               
                    |  |                    +--+                                
                    |  |                       +-- Unio_pictorum                
                    |  |                                                        
                    |  |              +----------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
                    +--+              |                                         
                       |  +-----------+  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_perflora     
                       |  |           |  |                                      
                       |  |           +--+     +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
                       |  |              |  +--+                                
                       |  |              |  |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
                       |  |              +--+                                   
                       |  |                 |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_wuana        
                       +--+                 +--+                                
                          |                    +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
                          |                                                     
                          |                 +----- Nodularia_breviconcha        
                          |  +--------------+                                   
                          |  |              |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
                          |  |              +--+                                
                          |  |                 +-- Nodularia_nipponensis        
                          +--+                                                  
                             |              +----- Tongchuania_mingiana         
                             |  +-----------+                                   
                             |  |           |  +-- Schistodesmus_xinyuensis     
                             |  |           +--+                                
                             +--+              +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus    
                                |                                               
                                |  +-------------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
                                |  |                                            
                                +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
                                   |  |                                         
                                   +--+        +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
                                      |  +-----+                                
                                      |  |     +-- Cuneopsis_kiangsiensis       
                                      +--+                                      
                                         |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii         
                                         +--+                                   
                                            |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
                                            +--+                                
                                               +-- Cuneopsis_demangei           
 
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