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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

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Publication Graf (2000): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Graf, D.L. 2000. The Etherioidea revisited: a phylogenetic analysis of hyriid relationships (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Paleoheterodonta: Unionoida). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (729): 1-21. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
  +-------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
  |                                                   
  |  +----------------------- Margaritifera           
--+  |                                                
  |  |              +-------- Unio                    
  |  |  +-----------+                                 
  +--+  |           |  +----- Elliptio                
     |  |           +--+                              
     |  |              |  +-- Pyganodon               
     |  |              +--+                           
     +--+                 +-- Lampsilis               
        |                                             
        |  +----------------- Parreysia               
        |  |                                          
        |  |  +-------------- Grandidieria            
        +--+  |                                       
           |  |     +-------- Castalia                
           |  |  +--+                                 
           +--+  |  |  +----- Diplodon                
              |  |  +--+                              
              |  |     |  +-- Hyridella               
              |  |     +--+                           
              +--+        +-- Velesunio               
                 |                                    
                 |        +-- Mutela__1               
                 |  +-----+                           
                 |  |     +-- Mutela__2               
                 +--+                                 
                    |  +----- Anodontites             
                    |  |                              
                    +--+----- Mycetopoda              
                       |                              
                       |  +-- Etheria                 
                       +--+                           
                          +-- Mulleria
 
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