The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Hoeh et al. (2001): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationHoeh, W.R., A.E. Bogan & W.H. Heard. 2001. A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of morphological and reproductive characteristics in the Unionoida. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida, Ecological Studies: 257-280. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 14f2
+-------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
--+ |
| | +-------------------- Amblema_plicata
| | |
| | +-------------------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca
| | |
| | +-------------------- Eurynia_dilatata
+--+ |
| +-------------------- Fusconaia_flava
| |
| +-------------------- Gonidea_angulata
| |
| +-------------------- Pleurobema_clava
| |
| +-------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+ +----------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--------+
| | +-------- Glebula_rotundata
| +--+
| | +----- Potamilus_alatus
| +--+
| | +-- Ligumia_recta
| +--+
| +-- Toxolasma_lividum
|
| +----------------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
| |
| | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +-----------+
+--+ | +-- Unio_tumidus
| |
| | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +-- Anodonta_cygnea
| | +--+
| | +-- Strophitus_undulatus
| |
| | +----- Diplodon_gratus
+--+ |
| +----- Echyridella_menziesii
| +--+
| | +----- Lortiella_rugata
| | |
| | | +-- Castalia_stevensi
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Velesunio_angasi
|
| +-- Mutela_dubia
| +--+
| | +-- Mutela_rostrata
+--+
| +-- Anodontites_guanarensis
| |
+--+-- Anodontites_trigona
|
+-- Monocondylaea_minuana
Cladogram Figure 14f4
+-------------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Castalia_stevensi
| +-----+
| | +-- Diplodon_gratus
| +--------------------------+
--+ | | +----- Echyridella_menziesii
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lortiella_rugata
| | +--+
| | +-- Velesunio_angasi
| |
+--+ +-- Mutela_dubia
| +-----+
| | +-- Mutela_rostrata
| +-----------------------+
| | | +----- Monocondylaea_minuana
| | +--+
| | | +-- Anodontites_guanarensis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Anodontites_trigona
|
| +----------------------------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca
| |
| | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ +-----------------------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +----------------------- Gonidea_angulata
+--+ |
| | +-------- Unio_pictorum
| | |
| | +-----------+-------- Unio_tumidus
+--+ | |
| | | +----- Anodonta_cygnea
| | +--+
| | | +-- Strophitus_undulatus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pyganodon_grandis
|
| +----------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
| | +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +----- Eurynia_dilatata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_flava
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pleurobema_clava
|
| +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
| +--------+
| | +-- Glebula_rotundata
+--+
| +-------- Toxolasma_lividum
+--+
| +----- Potamilus_alatus
+--+
| +-- Ligumia_recta
+--+
+-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
|
