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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae

genus Westralunio Iredale, 1934: cladomics
     4 Recent valid species (4 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 4 (4 total)
analyzed in 15 cladograms in 7 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2 (mean = 1.2, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 3
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean = 2 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1


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

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
220263084--
  +-- Westralunio_inbisi ** 
--+                      
  +-- Westralunio_carteri **

Klunzinger et al., 2022 [Publ 4259], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2202211--
  +----- Velesunio          
--+                         
  |  +-- Westralunio_inbisi ** 
  +--+                      
     +-- Westralunio_carteri **

Klunzinger et al., 2021 [Publ 4086], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2202411--
  +-- Westralunio_inbisi ** 
--+                      
  +-- Westralunio_carteri **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2-M

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012100--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110120064--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014000--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110119864--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Graf et al., 2015 [Publ 3619], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011964--
  +----------- Westralunio_carteri **
  |                               
  |     +----- Alathyria_jacksoni 
--+  +--+                         
  |  |  |  +-- Velesunio          
  |  |  +--+                      
  +--+     +-- Alathyria_profuga  
     |                            
     |  +----- Alathyria_pertexta 
     +--+                         
        |  +-- Microdontia        
        +--+                      
           +-- Lortiella          

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014600--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 3_5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110113900--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110120064--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 2a_b

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011954--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1-M

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012100--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011954--
-- Westralunio_carteri **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014000--
-- Westralunio_carteri **
 
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