The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Araujo et al. (2009): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationAraujo, R., C. Toledo & A. Machordom. 2009. Redescription of Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793, a west Palaearctic freshwater mussel with hookless glochidia. Malacologia 51(1): 131-141. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 7A
+-------------------- Pseudunio_auricularius
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--+ +----------------- Amblema_plicata
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+--+ +-------------- Potomida_littoralis
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+--+ +----------- Nodularia_douglasiae
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| | +-- Unio_gibbus
+--+ |
| +-----+-- Unio_tumidus
| | |
| | +-- Anodonta_cygnea
+--+
| +----- Unio_pictorum__1
| |
| +----- Unio_pictorum__2
+--+
+----- Unio_mancus
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| +-- Unio_tumidiformis
+--+
+-- Unio_crassus
Cladogram Figure 7B
+-------------------------- Pseudunio_auricularius
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--+ +----------------------- Potomida_littoralis
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+--+ +-------------------- Amblema_plicata
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+--+ +----------------- Anodonta_cygnea
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+--+ +-------------- Unio_gibbus
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+--+ +----------- Unio_tumidus
| |
| | +-- Unio_tumidiformis
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Unio_crassus
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_pictorum__1
| +--+
| | +-- Unio_mancus
+--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum__2
+--+
+-- Unio_caffer
Cladogram Figure 7C
+-------------------- Pseudunio_auricularius
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--+ +----------------- Potomida_littoralis
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+--+ +-------------- Amblema_plicata
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+--+ +----------- Anodonta_cygnea
| |
| | +-- Unio_gibbus
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Unio_tumidus
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_tumidiformis
| +--+
| | +-- Unio_crassus
+--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum__1
| |
+--+-- Unio_pictorum__2
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+-- Unio_mancus
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