The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Bogan & Hoeh (2000): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationBogan, A.E. & W.R. Hoeh. 2000. On becoming cemented: evolutionary relationships among the genera in the freshwater bivalve family Etheriidae (Bivalvia: Unionoida). [in] The Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia (Harper et al., eds.). Geological Society, London Special Publications 177: 159-168. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Castalia_stevensi
| +-----+
| | +-- Diplodon_gratus
| +--------------------+
--+ | | +----- Echyridella_menziesii
| | +--+
| | | +-- Velesunio_angasi
| | +--+
| | +-- Lortiella_rugata
| |
| | +-- Mutela_dubia
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Mutela_rostrata
| +-----------+
| | | +----------- Etheria_elliptica
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Mulleria_rivoli
| | +--+
| | | +----- Monocondylaea_minuana
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Anodontites_trigona
| +--+
| +-- Anodontites_guanarensis
|
| +----------------------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca
| |
| | +-------------------- Pseudomulleria_dalyi
+--+ |
| | +----- Anodonta_cygnea
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +-- Strophitus_undulatus
| | +--+
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| |
+--+ +-------------- Gonidea_angulata
| |
| | +-- Unio_pictorum
| +-----------+
| | +-- Unio_tumidus
| |
+--+ +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +-------- Toxolasma_lividum
| | |
+--+ +-------- Amblema_plicata
| |
| | +-- Glebula_rotundata
| +-----+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
| |
+--+ +----- Potamilus_alatus
+--+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| +--+
| +-- Ligumia_recta
|
| +----- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+ +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| |
+--+-- Pleurobema_clava
|
+-- Fusconaia_flava
|
