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 Curole & Kocher (2002): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationCurole, J.P. & T.D. Kocher. 2002. Ancient sex-specific extension of the cytochrome c oxidase II gene in bivalves and the fidelity of doubly-uniparental inheritance. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19(8): 1323-1328. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1-F
+-------- Margaritifera_hembeli
--+
| +----- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
+-- Pustulosa_pustulosa
Cladogram Figure 1a-M
+-- Utterbackiana_implicata
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_teres
--+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
+-- Pustulosa_pustulosa
Cladogram Figure 1b-M
+-------- Lampsilis_teres
--+
| +----- Utterbackiana_implicata
+--+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
+-- Pustulosa_pustulosa
|
