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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini

genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927: cladomics
     4 Recent valid species (4 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 4 (4 total)
analyzed in 43 cladograms in 27 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 3 (mean = 1.09, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

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


Inoue et al., 2020 [Publ 4128], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
331320210
  +-------- Psoronaias        
--+                           
  |  +----- Popenaias_popeii **  
  +--+                        
     |  +-- Popenaias_berezai ** 
     +--+                     
        +-- Popenaias_semirasa **

Freeman et al., 2025 [Publ 4443], fig. 2

** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101532--
  +----- Popenaias_popeii **
--+                      
  |  +-- Nephronaias     
  +--+                   
     +-- Psoronaias      

Inoue et al., 2020 [Publ 4128], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
331319210
  +-------- Psoronaias        
--+                           
  |  +----- Popenaias_popeii **  
  +--+                        
     |  +-- Popenaias_berezai ** 
     +--+                     
        +-- Popenaias_semirasa **

Smith et al., 2020 [Publ 4129], fig. 2-3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012711--
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **
--+                   
  +-- Psoronaias      

Freeman et al., 2025 [Publ 4443], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011011--
  +-- Nephronaias     
--+                   
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **

Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4448], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11018500--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3308], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014200--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8b_S2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3308], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4388], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015300--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-nt

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019500--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Chapman et al., 2008 [Publ 2744], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012000--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Mejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022 [Publ 4274], fig. 2-F

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011400--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Smith et al., 2020 [Publ 4129], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012711--
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **
--+                   
  +-- Psoronaias      

Teiga-Teixeira et al., 2020 [Publ 4173], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011800--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Zanatta & Murphy, 2006 [Publ 2672], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015500--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-ML

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017300--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Freeman et al., 2025 [Publ 4443], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011111--
  +-- Nephronaias     
--+                   
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110110100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017300--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4358], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015200--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3308], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3309], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017200--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Burlakova et al., 2012 [Publ 3486], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014000--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Chapman et al., 2008 [Publ 2667], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012000--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Pfeiffer et al., 2019 [Publ 3937], fig. 4-5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015611--
  +-- Psoronaias      
--+                   
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3308], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11018700--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Inoue et al., 2018 [Publ 3858], fig. 1_3a-c

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110110300--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-BI

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017300--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8a_S1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016800--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110110100--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Pfeiffer et al., 2019 [Publ 3866], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013021--
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **
--+                   
  +-- Psoronaias      

Burlakova et al., 2019 [Publ 3899], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013200--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Dai et al., 2023 [Publ 4285], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015200--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-aa

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019500--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Smith et al., 2019 [Publ 3951], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11014000--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Neemuchwala et al., 2023 [Publ 4292], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11012600--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Freeman et al., 2025 [Publ 4443], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011111--
  +-- Nephronaias     
--+                   
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **

Zanatta & Murphy, 2006 [Publ 2672], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015600--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3309], fig. 1-2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017200--
-- Popenaias_popeii **

Pfeiffer et al., 2019 [Publ 3937], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015611--
  +-- Psoronaias      
--+                   
  +-- Popenaias_popeii **
 
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