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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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genus Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811: cladomics
     92 Recent valid species (95 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 92 (95 total)
analyzed in 4 cladograms in 2 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 23 (mean = 8.75, median = 4)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 4
maximum number of included terminals = 23, (mean = 8.75 median = 4)
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


NJ Tree


Bespalaya et al., 2025 [Publ 4485], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
232313260000
                    +----- Corbicula_lemroae **         
  +-----------------+                                
  |                 |  +-- Corbicula_avana **           
  |                 +--+                             
  |                    +-- Corbicula_bilini **          
--+                                                  
  |  +-------------------- Corbicula_japonica **        
  |  |                                               
  |  |  +----------------- Corbicula_madagascariensis **
  +--+  |                                            
     |  |              +-- Corbicula__2 **              
     |  |  +-----------+                             
     +--+  |           +-- Corbicula__3 **              
        |  |                                         
        |  |        +----- Corbicula_fluminea **        
        |  |  +-----+                                
        +--+  |     |  +-- Corbicula_tobae **           
           |  |     +--+                             
           |  |        +-- Corbicula_largillierti **    
           |  |                                      
           |  |  +-------- Corbicula_blandiana **       
           |  |  |                                   
           +--+  +-------- Corbicula_leana **           
              |  |                                   
              |  +-------- Corbicula_sandai **          
              |  |                                   
              |  +-------- Corbicula_elatior **         
              |  |                                   
              |  |     +-- Corbicula_loehensis **       
              |  +-----+                             
              +--+     +-- Corbicula_lamarckiana **     
                 |                                   
                 |  +----- Corbicula_africana **        
                 |  |                                
                 |  +----- Corbicula_fluminalis **      
                 |  |                                
                 |  +----- Corbicula_moltkiana **       
                 |  |                                
                 |  +----- Corbicula_matannensis__1 **  
                 |  |                                
                 +--+----- Corbicula_matannensis__2 **  
                    |                                
                    +----- Corbicula_anomioides **      
                    |                                
                    +----- Corbicula_possoensis **      
                    |                                
                    +----- Corbicula__1 **              
                    |                                
                    |  +-- Corbicula_australis **       
                    +--+                             
                       +-- Corbicula_subnitens **       

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4424], fig. 3

** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
4424173222
  +-------- Corbicula_madagascariensis **
--+                                   
  |  +----- Corbicula_fluminea **        
  +--+                                
     |  +-- Corbicula_leana **           
     +--+                             
        +-- Corbicula_sandai **          

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4424], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
4424511124
  +-------- Villorita         
  |                           
--+     +-- Corbicula_fluminea **
  |  +--+                     
  |  |  +-- Corbicula_japonica **
  +--+                        
     |  +-- Corbicula_sandai **  
     +--+                     
        +-- Corbicula_leana **   

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4424], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
4424142222
           +-- Batissa                   
  +--------+                             
  |        +-- Villorita                 
--+                                      
  |  +-------- Corbicula_madagascariensis **
  +--+                                   
     |  +----- Corbicula_fluminea **        
     +--+                                
        |  +-- Corbicula_leana **           
        +--+                             
           +-- Corbicula_sandai **          
 
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