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 Manendo et al. (2008): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationManendo, T.J., M.A. Campbell, H.H. Gilroy & E.C. Masteller. 2008. Analysis of rDNA regions of five freshwater unionid mussel species in Presque Isle Bay, southeastern Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34: 204-209. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+-----+
| +-- Sagittunio_nasutus
+-----+
| | +----- Amblema_plicata
| +--+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
| +--+
| +-- Fusconaia_flava
--+
| +----- Unio_crassus
| +-----+
| | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
| | +-- Unio_tumidus
+--+
| +-- Anodonta_cygnea
| +-----+
| | +-- Anodonta_anatina
+--+
| +----- Pseudanodonta_complanata
+--+
| +-- Platynaias_subviridis
+--+
+-- Pyganodon_grandis
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