The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Chapman et al. (2008): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationChapman, E.G., M.E. Gordon, J.M. Walker, B.K. Lang, D.C. Campbell & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Evolutionary relationships of Popenaias popeii and the early evolution of lampsiline bivalves (Unionidae): phylogenetic analyses of DNA and amino acid sequences from F and M mitochondrial genomes. Malacologia 50(1-2): 303-318. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-------------------------------------------- Pronodularia_japanensis
|
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
--+ +--------------------------------------+
| | +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa
| |
+--+ +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
| +-----------------------------------+
| | +-- Fusconaia_flava
+--+
| +----------------------------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
+--+ +-------------------------------- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
| |
+--+ +----------------------------- Popenaias_popeii
| |
+--+ +-------------------------- Toxolasma_lividum
| |
+--+ +----------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa
| |
| | +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
+--+ +-----------------+
| | +-- Glebula_rotundata
| |
+--+ +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
| +--------------+
| | +-- Lemiox_rimosus
| |
+--+ +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| +-----------+
| | +-- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+
| +----------- Hamiota_subangulata
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_ovata
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_straminea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_hydiana
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