MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 17 July 2025

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!


Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Prolasmidonta Ortmann, 1914: cladomics
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 1 (1 total)
analyzed in 21 cladograms in 13 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)


Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101403212--
              +-- Utterbackia            
  +-----------+                          
  |           +-- Pyganodon              
  |                                      
  |     +-------- Utterbackiana          
  |     |                                
--+  +--+     +-- Lasmigona_costata      
  |  |  |  +--+                          
  |  |  |  |  +-- Pseudodontoideus       
  |  |  +--+                             
  |  |     |  +-- Lasmigona_complanata   
  |  |     +--+                          
  +--+        +-- Arcidens               
     |                                   
     |     +----- Pressodonta            
     |  +--+                             
     |  |  |  +-- Anodontoides           
     |  |  +--+                          
     |  |     +-- Strophitus             
     +--+                                
        |     +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
        |  +--+                          
        |  |  +-- Platynaias             
        +--+                             
           |  +-- Alasminota             
           +--+                          
              +-- Alasmidonta            

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-BI

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017264--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                
  |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Alasmidonta            
     +--+                          
        +-- Platynaias             

Inoue et al., 2018 [Publ 3858], fig. 1_3a-c

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101103158--
-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **

Hou et al., 2024 [Publ 4400], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017565--
           +-- Pyganodon              
  +--------+                          
  |        +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                   
  |  +-------- Lasmigona              
  +--+                                
     |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                             
        |  +-- Alasmidonta            
        +--+                          
           +-- Platynaias             

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016754--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                
  |  +----- Alasmidonta            
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                          
        +-- Platynaias             

Chong et al., 2008 [Publ 2668], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11011777--
  +----- Strophitus             
--+                             
  |  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
  +--+                          
     +-- Platynaias             

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016754--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                
  |  +----- Alasmidonta            
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                          
        +-- Platynaias             

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016754--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                
  |  +----- Alasmidonta            
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Platynaias             
     +--+                          
        +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-aa

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019465--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
  |                                
--+     +-- Alasmidonta            
  |  +--+                          
  |  |  +-- Platynaias             
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                          
        +-- Lasmigona              

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11016754--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                
  |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Platynaias             
     +--+                          
        +-- Alasmidonta            

Aunins et al., 2018 [Publ 3863], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013943--
     +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
  +--+                          
  |  +-- Alasmidonta            
--+                             
  |  +-- Pyganodon              
  +--+                          
     +-- Utterbackia            

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8b_S2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019065--
           +-- Pyganodon              
  +--------+                          
  |        +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                   
  |  +-------- Lasmigona              
  +--+                                
     |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                             
        |  +-- Alasmidonta            
        +--+                          
           +-- Platynaias             

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-ML

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11017264--
        +-- Pyganodon              
  +-----+                          
  |     +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                
  |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
  +--+                             
     |  +-- Alasmidonta            
     +--+                          
        +-- Platynaias             

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8a_S1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019065--
           +-- Pyganodon              
  +--------+                          
  |        +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                   
  |  +-------- Lasmigona              
  +--+                                
     |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                             
        |  +-- Alasmidonta            
        +--+                          
           +-- Platynaias             

Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101272611--
  +-------------------- Utterbackiana          
  |                                            
  |                 +-- Utterbackia            
--+  +--------------+                          
  |  |              +-- Pyganodon              
  |  |                                         
  +--+           +----- Alasmidonta            
     |  +--------+                             
     |  |        |  +-- Arcidens               
     |  |        +--+                          
     +--+           +-- Pseudodontoideus       
        |                                      
        |  +----------- Alasminota             
        |  |                                   
        +--+        +-- Anodontoides           
           |  +-----+                          
           |  |     +-- Strophitus             
           +--+                                
              |  +----- Pressodonta            
              +--+                             
                 |  +-- Platynaias             
                 +--+                          
                    +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-nt

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11019465--
           +-- Pyganodon              
  +--------+                          
  |        +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                   
  |  +-------- Lasmigona              
  +--+                                
     |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                             
        |  +-- Alasmidonta            
        +--+                          
           +-- Platynaias             

King et al., 1999 [Publ 2699], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101553--
  +----- Lasmigona              
  |                             
--+  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
  |  |                          
  +--+-- Strophitus             
     |                          
     +-- Platynaias             

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4379], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015265--
           +-- Pyganodon              
  +--------+                          
  |        +-- Utterbackia            
--+                                   
  |  +-------- Lasmigona              
  +--+                                
     |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
     +--+                             
        |  +-- Alasmidonta            
        +--+                          
           +-- Platynaias             

Chen et al., 2020 [Publ 4170], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11013354--
-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **

Fukata & Iigo, 2020 [Publ 4106], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
11015233--
     +-- Pyganodon              
  +--+                          
  |  +-- Utterbackia            
--+                             
  |  +-- Alasmidonta            
  +--+                          
     +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **

King et al., 1999 [Publ 2699], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101884--
  +----------- Pyganodon              
--+                                   
  |  +-------- Lasmigona              
  +--+                                
     |  +----- Strophitus             
     +--+                             
        |  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon **
        +--+                          
           +-- Platynaias             
 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."