The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini genus Venustaconcha Frierson, 1927: cladomics 5 Recent valid species (5 total species) Cladomics Summarynumber of species = 5 (5 total) analyzed in 91 cladograms in 54 publications maximum number of terminals in an analysis =
3 (mean = 1.07, median = 1) Basic Monophylynumber of cladograms that test basic monophyly
(i.e., more than 1 included species) = 5 maximum number of included terminals = 3, (mean =
2.2 median = 2) proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly
= 1
Pairwise Cladogram ClusteringThe graphs below depict in two dimensions all pair-wise ingroup distances within the cladome. See the Cladmoics FARQ for more information.
Lane et al., 2016 [Publ 3735], fig. 3 ** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
+----- Paetulunio
|
+----- Epioblasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_trabalis__1 **
| |
| +-- Venustaconcha_trabalis__2 **
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
|
+-- Venustaconcha_pleasii **
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006 [Publ 2672], fig. 1 ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram ** iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 47 | 22 | -- |
+-- Cyrtonaias
+--------------------------------+
| +-- Glebula
|
--+ +-------------------------------- Paetulunio
| |
| | +-- Obliquaria
+--+ +--------------------------+
| | +-- Toxolasma
| |
| | +-------------------------- Sagittunio
+--+ |
| | +----------- Potamilus
| | |
| | +-----------+ +-- Medionidus_conradicus
| | | | +-----+
+--+ | | | +-- Ptychobranchus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | | |
| | +--+----- Lemiox
| | |
| | | +-- Dromus
+--+ +--+
| +-- Cyprogenia
|
| +----- Lampsilis_teres
| +--------------+
| | | +-- Truncilla
| | +--+
| | +-- Ellipsaria
| |
+--+ +----------------- Leaunio
| |
| | +----------- Hamiota
| | |
| | +--+ +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
+--+ | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium
|
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| +-----+
| | | +-- Obovaria
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Epioblasma
|
| +-------- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +-- Cambarunio
+--+
+-- Ligumia
Gangloff et al., 2013 [Publ 3551], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+-- Ligumia
+--+
| +-- Sagittunio
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_pleasii **
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3309], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 13 | 10 | -- |
+-------------------- Obliquaria
|
| +----- Potamilus
--+ +-----------+
| | | +-- Dromus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lemiox
|
| +-------------- Lampsilis_ovata
| |
+--+ +----------- Lampsilis_virescens
| |
+--+ +-- Epioblasma
| +-----+
| | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
+--+
| +----- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_pleasii **
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3309], fig. 1-2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 13 | 10 | -- |
+----------------- Potamilus_alatus
|
+----------------- Potamilus_capax
|
+----------------- Glebula
|
| +-- Toxolasma
+--------------+
--+ +-- Paetulunio
|
| +-- Dromus
+--------------+
| +-- Lemiox
|
| +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| +-----------+
| | +-- Obliquaria
+--+
| +----------- Lampsilis_virescens
| |
+--+ +-- Epioblasma
| +-----+
| | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
+--+
| +----- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_pleasii **
Zanatta & Harris, 2013 [Publ 3530], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+-------- Lampsilis
--+
| +----- Epioblasma
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_pleasii **
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Amaro et al., 2017 [Publ 3791], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 3-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Potamilus
Wang et al., 2018 [Publ 3846], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Zieritz et al., 2021 [Publ 4231], fig. 3-M_4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Potamilus
Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Guerra et al., 2017 [Publ 3772], fig. 2b iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022 [Publ 4263], fig. 4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Fonseca et al., 2016 [Publ 3775], fig. 1-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Aunins et al., 2018 [Publ 3863], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006 [Publ 2672], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 47 | 22 | -- |
+-- Paetulunio
+-----------------------------------+
| +-- Toxolasma
|
| +----- Obliquaria
| +-----------------------------+
--+ | | +-- Glebula
| | +--+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
| |
| | +----- Ptychobranchus
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Dromus
| | +--+
| +-----------------------+ +-- Cyprogenia
| | |
| | | +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lemiox
|
| +----------------------------- Sagittunio
| |
| +----------------------------- Potamilus
| |
| | +-- Truncilla
+--+ +-----------------------+
| | +-- Ellipsaria
| |
| | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
+--+ +--------------+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
| +-- Ligumia
| +--+
| | +-- Cambarunio
| +--------------+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_teres
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Hamiota
|
| +----------------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-------------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
+--+ +----------- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
+--+ +-------- Obovaria_olivaria
| |
| +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-------- Epioblasma
|
| +----- Obovaria_unicolor
+--+
| +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
+--+
+-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
Burzynski & Soroka, 2018 [Publ 3862], fig. 5a iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Potamilus
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Dai et al., 2023 [Publ 4285], fig. 5 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Sheng et al., 2014 [Publ 3704], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Huang et al., 2018 [Publ 3828], fig. 6 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Chapman et al., 2008 [Publ 2744], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | -- |
+-------------------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +----------------------- Obliquaria
| |
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
+--+ +-----------------+
| | +-- Glebula
| |
+--+ +-- Ptychobranchus
| +--------------+
| | +-- Lemiox
| |
+--+ +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| +-----------+
| | +-- Obovaria
+--+
| +----------- Hamiota
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_ovata
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_straminea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_hydiana
Wu et al., 2019 [Publ 3864], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Amaro et al., 2017 [Publ 3791], fig. 3A-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Zhou et al., 2016 [Publ 3710], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Smith, 2021 [Publ 4331], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | -- |
+----- Potamilus
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Potamilus
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 8 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_powellii
Amaro et al., 2017 [Publ 3791], fig. 3B-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Xue et al., 2016 [Publ 3659], fig. 1-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Potamilus
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 13 | 11 | -- |
+----- Ellipsaria
|
+----- Potamilus_leptodon
|
+----- Medionidus
|
+----- Potamilus_alatus
|
+----- Ptychobranchus
--+
+----- Truncilla
|
+----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
|
+----- Cambarunio
|
+----- Leaunio
|
| +-- Ortmanniana
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Soroka & Burzynski, 2018 [Publ 3762], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 6 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Lampsilis
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 13 | 11 | -- |
+-------------- Potamilus_leptodon
|
| +----------- Potamilus_alatus
--+ |
| | +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| | |
+--+ +-------- Leaunio
| |
| | +-- Ellipsaria
| +-----+
+--+ +-- Truncilla
|
| +-- Medionidus
+-----+
| +-- Ptychobranchus
|
| +----- Cambarunio
+--+
| +-- Ortmanniana
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Chase et al., 2018 [Publ 3847], fig. 4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 7 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| |
+--+ +-- Lemiox
| +--------+
| | +-- Lampsilis
+--+
| +-------- Potamilus
+--+
| +----- Cambarunio
+--+
| +-- Ellipsaria
+--+
+-- Truncilla
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Toxolasma
--+
| +-------- Potamilus
+--+
| +----- Leaunio
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Smith et al., 2019 [Publ 3951], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 35 | 19 | -- |
+----------------------- Obliquaria
|
| +-- Medionidus
| +--+
| | +-- Lemiox
--+ +--------------+
| | | +-- Cyprogenia
| | +--+
| | +-- Ptychobranchus
| |
+--+ +-------- Potamilus
| +--------+
| | | +----- Atlanticoncha
| | +--+
| | | +-- Ellipsaria
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Truncilla
|
| +-- Hamiota
| +-----------+
| | +-- Villosa
| |
+--+ +----------- Ligumia
| |
| | +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Obovaria
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Epioblasma
|
| +----- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
+--+
| +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4147], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Toxolasma
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4388], fig. 6 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Toxolasma
--+
| +-------- Potamilus
+--+
| +----- Leaunio
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-aa iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 10 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cariosa
|
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 7 | 3 | -- |
+-------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +----------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_powellii
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-ML iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 8 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_powellii
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8a_S1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 10 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cariosa
|
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 [Publ 3792], fig. 2-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Froufe et al., 2015 [Publ 3664], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Potamilus
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 196 | 13 | 11 | -- |
+-------------------- Potamilus_leptodon
|
--+ +----------------- Potamilus_alatus
| |
| | +-- Medionidus
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Ptychobranchus
| |
+--+ +-- Ellipsaria
| +--------+
| | +-- Truncilla
+--+
| +-------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| +--+
| | +-- Cambarunio
+--+
| +-- Ortmanniana
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Potamilus
Burzynski et al., 2017 [Publ 3774], fig. 1-top iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 42 | 22 | 45 |
+----- Obliquaria
+--------+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
| +--+
| +-- Glebula
|
| +----------- Sagittunio
| |
| +----------- Leaunio
| |
| +----------- Potamilus
| |
| +----------- Hamiota
| |
| | +-- Ellipsaria
--+ +--------+
| | +-- Truncilla
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_teres
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
| | +----- Villosa
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ligumia
| | +--+
| | +-- Cambarunio
| |
+--+ +-------- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
+--+
| | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_ovata
|
| +-------- Obovaria_olivaria
| |
| +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__2 **
+--+
| +-------- Epioblasma
| |
| | +----- Obovaria_unicolor
| +--+
| | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
| +--+
| +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
|
| +-- Ptychobranchus
| +-----+
| | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__1 **
| |
+--+ +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| |
| | +-- Lemiox
+--+--+
| +-- Medionidus_acutissimus
|
| +-- Dromus
+--+
+-- Cyprogenia
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 42 | 22 | 45 |
+-------- Toxolasma
+--------------------+
| | +----- Obliquaria
| +--+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
| +--+
| +-- Glebula
|
| +-------------- Potamilus
| |
| | +-------- Medionidus_acutissimus
--+ | +--+
| +-----------+ | | +----- Lemiox
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Dromus
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia
| | |
| | | +-- Sagittunio
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Medionidus_conradicus
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Ptychobranchus
| +--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__2 **
|
| +-- Ellipsaria
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Truncilla
| |
| | +-------------------- Villosa
+--+ |
| | +-- Obovaria_olivaria
| | +--------+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__1 **
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +-------- Epioblasma
| | +--+
| | | +----- Obovaria_unicolor
| | +--+
| | | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
| | +--+
| | +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
+--+
| +-------- Hamiota
| |
| +-----+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_ornata
|
| +-- Ligumia
| +--------+
| | +-- Cambarunio
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Leaunio
Wen et al., 2017 [Publ 3795], fig. 3-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Potamilus
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-BI iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 8 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_powellii
Plazzi et al., 2011 [Publ 3676], fig. 5 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Lampsilis
--+
| +-- Epioblasma
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Amaro et al., 2017 [Publ 3791], fig. 3B iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Toxolasma
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Breton et al., 2011 [Publ 3376], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 7 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Ellipsaria
| |
+--+ +----------- Truncilla
| |
+--+ +-- Lemiox
| +-----+
| | +-- Potamilus
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis
+--+
| +-- Cambarunio
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Huang et al., 2013 [Publ 3629], fig. 3-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2016 [Publ 3711], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Lampsilis
Huang et al., 2018 [Publ 3828], fig. 6-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Potamilus
Teiga-Teixeira et al., 2020 [Publ 4173], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | -- |
+-------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +----------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 [Publ 3792], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Chen et al., 2012 [Publ 3624], fig. 4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Lampsilis
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Guerra et al., 2017 [Publ 3772], fig. 2b-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Froufe et al., 2015 [Publ 3664], fig. 1-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Chapman et al., 2008 [Publ 2667], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | -- |
+-------------------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +----------------------- Obliquaria
| |
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
+--+ +-----------------+
| | +-- Glebula
| |
+--+ +-- Ptychobranchus
| +--------------+
| | +-- Lemiox
| |
+--+ +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| +-----------+
| | +-- Obovaria
+--+
| +----------- Hamiota
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_ovata
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_straminea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_hydiana
Mejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022 [Publ 4274], fig. 2-F iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | -- |
+----------- Potamilus
|
--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_powellii
Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 3-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Potamilus
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Burzynski et al., 2017 [Publ 3774], fig. 1-bottom iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2018 [Publ 4143], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Lampsilis
Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 9 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Wen et al., 2017 [Publ 3795], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4358], fig. 4 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 4 | -- |
+----------- Toxolasma
--+
| +-------- Potamilus
+--+
| +----- Leaunio
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Amaro et al., 2017 [Publ 3791], fig. 2-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Lampsilis
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Zieritz et al., 2021 [Publ 4231], fig. 3-F_5 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Wang et al., 2018 [Publ 3865], fig. 2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Fonseca et al., 2016 [Publ 3775], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8b_S2 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 10 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
| |
| | +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+-----+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
|
| +----- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_cariosa
Amaro et al., 2017 [Publ 3791], fig. 3A iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Toxolasma
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Mejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022 [Publ 4274], fig. 2-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | -- |
+----- Potamilus
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Huang et al., 2013 [Publ 3629], fig. 3 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 6 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 3 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
--+
| +----- Potamilus
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-nt iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 10 | 4 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cariosa
|
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Guerra et al., 2017 [Publ 3772], fig. 2a iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | -- |
+----- Toxolasma
--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
+-- Lampsilis
Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
--+
+-- Potamilus
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022 [Publ 4263], fig. S5 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 3 | -- |
+----------- Toxolasma
|
--+ +-------- Potamilus
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Fukata & Iigo, 2020 [Publ 4106], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 3 | -- |
+-------------- Potamilus
|
--+ +----------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
Guerra et al., 2017 [Publ 3772], fig. 2a-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Soroka & Burzynski, 2018 [Publ 3762], fig. 3-M iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
Burlakova et al., 2019 [Publ 3899], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 25 | 17 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma
|
| +-------------- Potamilus
| |
| | +-- Ellipsaria
| +-----------+
--+ | +-- Truncilla
| |
| | +----- Medionidus
| +--------+
| | | +-- Lemiox
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Dromus
|
| +----------- Cambarunio
| |
| +----------- Leaunio
| |
| +----------- Villosa
| |
| | +-- Sagittunio
| +--------+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_ovata
|
| +----- Venustaconcha_pleasii **
+-----+
| | +-- Epioblasma
| +--+
| +-- Obovaria
|
| +-------- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_hydiana
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_straminea
Xue et al., 2016 [Publ 3659], fig. 1 iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | -- |
+-- Lampsilis
--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis **
|