The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Rosenberg et al. (1997): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationRosenberg, G., S. Tillier, A. Tillier, G.S. Kuncio, R.T. Hanlon et al. 1997. Ribosomal RNA phylogeny of selected major clades in the Mollusca. Journal of Molluscan Studies 63: 301-309. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2A
+----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
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+----------- None__2
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| +-- Margaritifera_falcata
+--------+
--+ +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
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| +-------- None__1
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| | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | |
| | | +-- Gonidea_angulata
+--+ | |
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| | |
| | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
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| | +-- Pyganodon_cataracta
+--+ |
| +-- Lampsilis_straminea
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| +-- Lampsilis_teres
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| +-- Megalonaias_nervosa
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| +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
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+--+-- Theliderma_cylindrica
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+-- Quadrula_quadrula
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+-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus
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+-- Amblema_plicata
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+-- Elliptio_complanata
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+-- Fusconaia_cerina
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+-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
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+-- Pleurobema_cordatum
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+-- Unio_pictorum
Cladogram Figure 2B
+-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
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+-------- None__1
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+-------- None__2
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| +-- Margaritifera_falcata
+-----+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
--+
| +----- Anodonta
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| | +-- Gonidea_angulata
| | |
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| | |
| | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | |
| | +-- Pyganodon_cataracta
+--+ |
| +-- Lampsilis_straminea
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| +-- Lampsilis_teres
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| +-- Megalonaias_nervosa
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| +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
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+--+-- Theliderma_cylindrica
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+-- Quadrula_quadrula
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+-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus
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+-- Amblema_plicata
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+-- Elliptio_complanata
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+-- Fusconaia_cerina
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+-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
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+-- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
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+-- Unio_pictorum
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