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

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Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae

genus Cerastoderma Poli, 1795: cladomics
     3 Recent valid species (3 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 3 (3 total)
analyzed in 1 cladogram in 1 publication
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 0
maximum number of included terminals = , (mean = median = )
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 0

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

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

  +-- Acanthocardia     
--+                     
  +-- Cerastoderma_edule **