MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Search the database pages:

Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina

genus Acudonta Wu, Liu & Zhang in Wu et al., 2025: cladomics
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 1 (1 total)
analyzed in 6 cladograms in 5 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)


Chen et al., 2026 [Publ 4805], fig. 4

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110133328--
  +----------------- Cristaria            
  |                                       
--+  +-------------- Beringiana           
  |  |                                    
  |  |        +----- Mimo                 
  +--+  +-----+                           
     |  |     |  +-- Acudonta_baitiaoensis **
     |  |     +--+                        
     +--+        +-- Sinanodonta          
        |                                 
        |  +-------- Pletholophus         
        +--+                              
           |  +----- Anemina              
           +--+                           
              |  +-- Amuranodonta         
              +--+                        
                 +-- Buldowskia           

Wu et al., 2026 [Publ 4811], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110194137--
  +----------- Cristaria            
  |                                 
  |     +----- Amuranodonta         
--+  +--+                           
  |  |  |  +-- Anemina              
  |  |  +--+                        
  |  |     +-- Buldowskia           
  +--+                              
     |     +-- Beringiana           
     |  +--+                        
     |  |  +-- Pletholophus         
     +--+                           
        |  +-- Acudonta_baitiaoensis **
        +--+                        
           +-- Sinanodonta          

Wang et al., 2025 [Publ 4488], fig. 3B

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110164147--
  +----------- Cristaria            
  |                                 
  |     +----- Amuranodonta         
--+  +--+                           
  |  |  |  +-- Anemina              
  |  |  +--+                        
  |  |     +-- Buldowskia           
  +--+                              
     |     +-- Beringiana           
     |  +--+                        
     |  |  +-- Pletholophus         
     +--+                           
        |  +-- Acudonta_baitiaoensis **
        +--+                        
           +-- Sinanodonta          

Wu et al., 2025 [Publ 4442], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110116147--
  +----------- Cristaria            
  |                                 
  |     +----- Amuranodonta         
--+  +--+                           
  |  |  |  +-- Anemina              
  |  |  +--+                        
  |  |     +-- Buldowskia           
  +--+                              
     |     +-- Beringiana           
     |  +--+                        
     |  |  +-- Pletholophus         
     +--+                           
        |  +-- Acudonta_baitiaoensis **
        +--+                        
           +-- Sinanodonta          

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

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101630328--
        +-- Beringiana           
  +-----+                        
  |     +-- Pletholophus         
--+                              
  |  +----- Mimo                 
  +--+                           
     |  +-- Acudonta_baitiaoensis **
     +--+                        
        +-- Sinanodonta          

Wu et al., 2025 [Publ 4442], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110134327--
  +----------------- Cristaria                  
  |                                             
  |           +----- Beringiana                 
--+  +--------+                                 
  |  |        |  +-- Acudonta_baitiaoensis **      
  |  |        +--+                              
  |  |           +-- Sinanodonta                
  +--+                                          
     |        +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
     |  +-----+                                 
     |  |     |  +-- Pletholophus_tenuis        
     |  |     +--+                              
     +--+        +-- Pletholophus_reinianus     
        |                                       
        |  +-------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis 
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Anemina                    
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Amuranodonta               
              +--+                              
                 +-- Buldowskia                 
 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."