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!
Publication Graf (2002): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationGraf, D.L. 2002. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of two problematic freshwater mussel genera (Unio and Gonidea) and a re-evaluation of the classification of Nearctic Unionidae (Bivalvia: Palaeoheterodonta: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 65-71. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-------- Velesunio_ambiguus
| +--------------+
--+ | | +----- Hyridella_depressa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Diplodon_chilensis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Castalia
|
| +-------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
+--+ +--------------+
| | +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
| |
+--+ +-------------- Lens_contradens
| |
| | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Unio_caffer
| +-----+
| | | +-- Alasmidonta_marginata
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pyganodon_grandis
|
| +-------- Gonidea_angulata
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| | +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
+--+
| +-- Eurynia_dilatata
+--+
+-- Amblema_plicata
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