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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Machordom et al. (2003): cladograms
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Complete Citation

Machordom, A., R. Araujo, D. Erpenbeck & M.-A. Ramos. 2003. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of endangered European Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 235-252. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

• Fig. 2
• Fig. 3

Cladogram Figure 2

  +----- Potomida_littoralis        
--+                                 
  |  +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  +--+                              
     +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     

Cladogram Figure 3

  +-------- Potomida_littoralis        
--+                                    
  |  +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  +--+                                 
     |  +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
     +--+                              
        +-- Pseudunio_auricularius