The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Huang et al. (2002): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationHuang, Y.-Y., H.-Z. Liu, X.-P. Wu & S. Ouyang. 2002. Testing the relationships of Chinese freshwater Unionidae (Bivalvia) based on analysis of partial mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences. Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 359-363. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+----------------------------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
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+----------------------------------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
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| +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +-----------+
| | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| +--+
| | | +----------- Utterbackiana_couperiana
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | +--+
--+ | | +----- Strophitus_radiatus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Alasmidonta_triangulata
| +--------------------------+ +--+
| | | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| | |
| | | +----- Acuticosta_ovata
| | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| | | | +--+
| | | | +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| | +--------+
+--+ | +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| +--+
| | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| +--+
| +-- Lepidodesma_languilati
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| +----------------------------------------- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
| |
+--+ +-------------------------------------- Lamprotula_leaii
| |
+--+ +----------------------------------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| |
+--+ +-------------------------------- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri
| |
+--+ +----------------------------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| |
| | +----- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
+--+ +--------------------+
| | | +-- Uniomerus_carolinianus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pleurobema_pyriforme
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| +----------------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
+--+ +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
+--+
| +----------------- Medionidus_conradicus
+--+
| +-------------- Potamilus_fragilis
+--+
| +----------- Ptychobranchus_subtentus
+--+
| +-------- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +-- Villosa_delumbis
+--+
+-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
Cladogram Figure 2
+-------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
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+-------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
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| +-------- Strophitus_radiatus
| |
| +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| |
| +-------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
| +-------- Acuticosta_ovata
| |
| | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
--+ +-----+
| | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| +--------+
| | | +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| | |
| | | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| | |
| | | +----- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | | |
+--+ +--+----- Utterbackiana_couperiana
| |
| | +-- Alasmidonta_triangulata
| +--+
| +-- Lasmigona_costata
|
| +-------------- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri
| |
| +-------------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| |
| +-------------- Lamprotula_leaii
| |
+--+-------------- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
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| +----------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| |
| | +----- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Uniomerus_carolinianus
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleurobema_pyriforme
| |
| | +----- Potamilus_fragilis
+--+ |
| +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| |
| +----- Amblema_plicata
| |
| | +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
+--+--+
| +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
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| +-- Villosa_delumbis
| |
| +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
| |
+--+-- Lampsilis_teres
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+-- Potamilus_purpuratus
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+-- Ptychobranchus_subtentus
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