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genus Buldowskia Moskvicheva, 1973: cladomics

5 Recent valid species (5 total species)

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The purpose of the cladomics pages for each genus and family-group level taxon is to provide statistics and references indicating the extent to which published phylogenetic work supports the classification used here.

The Cladomics Summary provides an overview of the number of studies that have included terminal species representing this taxon as well as an indication of how frequently it has been recovered as monophyletic.

Following the summary, the available published clades representing the taxon are listed.

For more information, visit the Cladomics FARQ (frequently asked rhetorical questions) page. Abbreviations for the various statistics are explained on the FARQ!

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 5 (5 total)
analyzed in 28 cladograms in 18 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 6 (mean = 2.61, median = 1.5)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 14
maximum number of included terminals = 6, (mean = 4.21 median = 5)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1


Pairwise Cladogram Clustering

The graphs below depict in two dimensions all pair-wise ingroup distances within the cladome. See the Cladmoics FARQ for more information.

PCoA Ordination of Buldowskia cladogram distances
PCoA Ordination

NJ Tree of Buldowskia cladogram distances
NJ Tree


Cladograms

Wu et al., 2025 [Publ 4442], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram **

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
0.889 6 6 4 6 29 27 7 **
Cristaria Beringiana Acudonta Sinanodonta Pletholophus guangzhouensis Pletholophus tenuis Pletholophus reinianus Pletholophus honglinhensis Anemina Amuranodonta Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia kamiyai Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia

Chen et al., 2026 [Publ 4805], fig. 4

** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 29 28 8 1.0
Cristaria Beringiana Mimo Acudonta Sinanodonta Pletholophus Anemina Amuranodonta Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
0.900 5 5 3 5 628 28 8 3.0
Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Xiang et al., 2025 [Publ 4433], fig. 6

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 23 22 7 3.0
Pletholophus Beringiana Mimo Sinanodonta Cristaria Anemina Amuranodonta Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Lopes-Lima et al., 2020 [Publ 4080], fig. 2-4

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 117 19 6 3.0
Cristaria Pletholophus Beringiana Sinanodonta Anemina Amuranodonta Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Bogan et al., 2023 [Publ 4295], fig. 3

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 26 22 6 3.0
Cristaria Pletholophus Beringiana Sinanodonta Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4385], fig. 3-BI

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 2 5 26 22 6 2.0
Cristaria Pletholophus Beringiana Sinanodonta Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4385], fig. 3-ML

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 26 22 6 3.0
Cristaria Pletholophus Beringiana Sinanodonta Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini

Dai et al., 2026 [Publ 4757], fig. 3

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 29 25 6 3.0
Cristaria Pletholophus Beringiana Sinanodonta Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Lopes-Lima et al., 2020 [Publ 4080], fig. 6

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 5 5 3 5 6 4 3 5.0
Sinanodonta Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai Buldowskia shadini Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia flavotincta

Bolotov et al., 2020 [Publ 4084], fig. 1

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 2 2 0 2 34 7 5 --
Cristaria Beringiana Sinanodonta Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia shadini

Konopleva et al., 2023 [Publ 4269], fig. S1_4

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 2 2 0 2 54 11 5 --
Cristaria Beringiana Sinanodonta Anemina Amuranodonta Buldowskia suifunica Buldowskia shadini

Sano et al., 2022 [Publ 4311], fig. 2

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 2 2 0 2 10 10 4 --
Beringiana Sinanodonta Pletholophus Cristaria Buldowskia iwakawai Buldowskia kamiyai

Sano et al., 2022 [Publ 4311], fig. 3

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 2 2 0 2 16 16 4 --
Beringiana Sinanodonta Pletholophus Cristaria Buldowskia kamiyai Buldowskia iwakawai

Wu et al., 2025 [Publ 4442], fig. 6

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 16 14 7 --
Cristaria Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia shadini Beringiana Pletholophus Acudonta Sinanodonta

Wang et al., 2025 [Publ 4488], fig. 3B

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 63 14 7 --
Cristaria Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia shadini Beringiana Pletholophus Acudonta Sinanodonta

Wu et al., 2026 [Publ 4811], fig. 4

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 94 14 7 --
Cristaria Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia shadini Beringiana Pletholophus Acudonta Sinanodonta

Wu et al., 2026 [Publ 4825], fig. 6B

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 64 13 7 --
Cristaria Amuranodonta Anemina Buldowskia shadini Beringiana Pletholophus Acudonta Sinanodonta

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 1

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
0.286 1 22 0 1 33 9 5 37.0
Sinohyriopsis Lamprotula Pronodularia Sinosolenaia Inversidens Obovalis omiensis 1 Obovalis omiensis 2 Ptychorhynchus Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha 1 Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha 2 Cristaria plicata 1 Cristaria plicata 2 Sinanodonta lauta Beringiana japonica Beringiana fukuharai 1 Beringiana beringiana Beringiana fukuharai 2 Beringiana fukuharai 3 Buldowskia iwakawai 1 Buldowskia iwakawai 2 Sinanodonta tumens 1 Sinanodonta tumens 2 Pletholophus Anemina Lanceolaria lanceolata Cristaria plicata 3 Lanceolaria gladiola Sinanodonta angula Lepidodesma Scriptolamprotula Acuticosta Cuneopsis Nodularia Schistodesmus Inversiunio

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 2

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
0.857 1 1 0 1 68 10 5 --
Anemina Buldowskia iwakawai

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 3

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
0.857 1 1 0 1 68 10 5 --
Anemina Buldowskia iwakawai

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 4

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
0.857 1 1 0 1 68 10 5 --
Anemina Buldowskia iwakawai

Sano et al., 2017 [Publ 3799], fig. 1

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 20 7 4 --
Cristaria Buldowskia iwakawai Pletholophus Sinanodonta Beringiana

Sano et al., 2017 [Publ 3799], fig. 2

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 32 8 4 --
Cristaria Buldowskia iwakawai Beringiana Pletholophus Sinanodonta

Tumpeesuwan et al., 2026 [Publ 4845], fig. 4

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 9 9 3 --
Beringiana Sinanodonta Buldowskia suifunica Cristaria

Soroka, 2010 [Publ 3404], fig. 9a

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 4 4 2 --
Buldowskia flavotincta Beringiana Sinanodonta

Soroka, 2010 [Publ 3404], fig. 9b

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 --
Buldowskia flavotincta Sinanodonta

Soroka, 2010 [Publ 3404], fig. 9c

cstiTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1.000 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 --
Buldowskia flavotincta Sinanodonta