The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae genus Microdontia Tapparone Canefri, 1883: cladomics 1 Recent valid species (1 total species) Cladomics Summarynumber of species = 1 (1 total) analyzed in 11 cladograms in 6 publications maximum number of terminals in an analysis =
1 (mean = 1, median = 1)
Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14 ** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram ** | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 631 | 9 | 4 | -- |
+-------- Velesunio__1
+-----------+
| | +----- Alathyria_jacksoni__1
| +--+
| | +-- Velesunio_ambiguus
--+ +--+
| +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----------------- Velesunio__3
| |
+--+ +-------------- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
| |
+--+ +-- Lortiella
| +--------+
| | +-- Velesunio_angasi
+--+
| +-------- Alathyria_pertexta__2
+--+
| +----- Velesunio__2
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni__2
+--+
+-- Alathyria_pertexta__1
Bolotov et al., 2017 [Publ 3761], fig. S1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| | +-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
| +--+
--+ +-- Lortiella
|
| +----- Velesunio
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
+-- Alathyria_profuga
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----- Velesunio
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Bolotov et al., 2017 [Publ 3761], fig. S2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Velesunio
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
+-- Lortiella
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----- Velesunio
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Graf et al., 2015 [Publ 3619], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Westralunio
|
| +----- Alathyria_jacksoni
--+ +--+
| | | +-- Velesunio
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
+-- Lortiella
Bolotov et al., 2016 [Publ 3743], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| | +-- Lortiella
| +--+
--+ +-- Alathyria_pertexta
|
| +----- Velesunio
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
+-- Alathyria_profuga
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_profuga
| +--+
--+ +-- Velesunio
|
| +----- Alathyria_pertexta
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 2a_b | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Velesunio_ambiguus
--+
| +-------- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| +----- Lortiella
+--+
| +-- Alathyria
+--+
+-- Velesunio_angasi
Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Velesunio_ambiguus
--+
| +-------- Alathyria
+--+
| +----- Velesunio_angasi
+--+
| +-- Lortiella
+--+
+-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
Bolotov et al., 2016 [Publ 3743], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis **
+--+
| | +-- Alathyria_pertexta
| +--+
--+ +-- Lortiella
|
| +----- Velesunio
+--+
| +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+
+-- Alathyria_profuga
|