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+-- Lampsilis_ovata
+--------------+
| +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
|
--+ +-------------- Pleuronaia_gibber
| |
| | +----- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Pleuronaia_estabrookiana
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
+--+
| +-- Pleurobema_parmaleei
| +-----+
| | +-- Pleurobema_oviforme
+--+
| +----- Fusconaia_subrotunda
+--+
| +-- Fusconaia_cor
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_cuneolus
+-------------------- Lampsilis_fasciola
|
| +-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides__2
--+ |
| +--------------+-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides__3
| | |
| | +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
+--+
| +-------------- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides__1
| |
| | +-- Pleuronaia_gibber
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_estabrookiana
| |
+--+ +-- Pleurobema_parmaleei
| +-----+
| | +-- Pleurobema_oviforme
| |
+--+ +----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__1
| |
| +----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__2
| |
+--+----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__3
|
+----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__4
|
| +-- Fusconaia_subrotunda
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_cor