The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Zhou et al. (2007): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationZhou, C.-H., S. Ouyang, X.-P. Wu & M. Li. 2007. Phylogeny of the genus Lamprotula (Unionidae) in China based on mitochondrial DNA sequences of 16S rRNA and ND1 genes. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53(6): 1024-1030. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+-----------------+
| +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
| +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--------------+
--+ | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| |
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | +--------+
| | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-------- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamprotula_cornuumlunae
+--+
| +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| +-----+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| +--+
| | | +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
|
| +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| +-----+
| | +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus
| |
+--+ +-- Lanceolaria_triformis
| +--+
| | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--+
| +-- Acuticosta_ovata
+--+
+-- Acuticosta_chinensis
Cladogram Figure 2
+-------------------------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
|
| +----------------------- Cristaria_plicata
| |
--+ | +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| | +--+
| | | | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| | | +--+
+--+ +-----------+ +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
| | |
| | | +----- Acuticosta_chinensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
|
| +----- Lamprotula_leaii
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamprotula_cornuumlunae
+--+
| +-- Theliderma_intermedia
| +-----------+
| | +-- Theliderma_sparsa
+--+
| +----------- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
| +-------- Pustulosa_infucata
+--+
| +----- Quadrula_verrucosa
+--+
| +-- Pustulosa_kieneriana
+--+
+-- Pustulosa_succissa
|
