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 Chapman et al. (2008): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationChapman, E.G., H. Piontkivska, J.M. Walker, D.T. Stewart, J.P. Curole & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Extreme primary and secondary protein structure variability in the chimeric male-transmitted cytochrome c oxidase subunit II protein in freshwater mussels: evidence for an elevated amino acid substitution rate in the face of domain-specific purifying selection. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8. 16 pp. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-------------------------------------------- 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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