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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina genus Alasminota Ortmann, 1914: cladomics
2 Recent valid species (2 total species) Cladomics Summarynumber of species = 2 (2 total)
analyzed in 9 cladograms in 6 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis =
2 (mean = 1.33, median = 1) Basic Monophylynumber of cladograms that test basic monophyly
(i.e., more than 1 included species) = 3
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean =
2 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly
= 1
Perkins et al., 2025 [Publ 4447], fig. 2_mtDNA-ITS ** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram ** iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 31 | 14 | -- | +-------------- Utterbackiana
|
| +----- Alasminota_etowaensis__2 **
+--+ +-----+
| | | | +-- Alasminota_etowaensis__1 **
| | | +--+
| +--+ +-- Alasminota_holstonia **
| |
| | +-------- Pseudodontoideus
| +--+
| | +----- Lasmigona
| +--+
| | +-- Pterosyna
--+ +--+
| +-- Arcidens
|
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ligodonta
| | +--+
| | +-- Alasmidonta
+-----+
| +-- Anodontoides
| +-----+
| | +-- Strophitus
+--+
| +----- Sulcularia
+--+
| +-- Pyganodon
+--+
+-- Utterbackia
Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 629 | 34 | 13 | -- | +-------------- Utterbackiana
|
--+ +----------- Simpsonaias
| |
| | +----- Alasmidonta
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Alasminota_etowaensis **
| | +--+
| | +-- Alasminota_holstonia **
+--+
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias
+--+
| +-- Anodontoides
+--+
+-- Strophitus
Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 2 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 31 | 13 | -- | +-- Utterbackia
+--------------+
| +-- Pyganodon
|
| +-------- Utterbackiana
| |
--+ +-----+ +-- Lasmigona
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Pseudodontoideus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pterosyna
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Arcidens
|
| +----- Sulcularia
| +-----+
| | | +-- Anodontoides
| | +--+
| | +-- Strophitus
+--+
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias
+--+
| +----- Alasmidonta
+--+
| +-- Alasminota_holstonia **
+--+
+-- Alasminota_etowaensis **
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 2 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- Alasminota_holstonia **
Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 3 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 26 | 11 | -- | +-------------------- Utterbackiana
|
| +-- Utterbackia
--+ +--------------+
| | +-- Pyganodon
| |
+--+ +----- Alasmidonta
| +--------+
| | | +-- Arcidens
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pseudodontoideus
|
| +----------- Alasminota_etowaensis **
| |
+--+ +-- Anodontoides
| +-----+
| | +-- Strophitus
+--+
| +----- Sulcularia
+--+
| +-- Platynaias
+--+
+-- Prolasmidonta
Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 4 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 10 | -- | +-------------------- Sulcularia
|
| +-------- Utterbackiana
--+ +--------+
| | | +----- Alasminota_etowaensis **
| | +--+
| | | +-- Arcidens
+--+ +--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus
|
| +-------------- Alasmidonta
+--+
| +----------- Platynaias
+--+
| +-------- Strophitus
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia
+--+
+-- Anodontoides
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 1 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- Alasminota_holstonia **
Chong et al., 2008 [Publ 2668], fig. 3 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | -- | -- Alasminota_holstonia **
Smith et al., 2018 [Publ 3790], fig. 1 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 7 | -- | +-- Utterbackia
+--------+
| +-- Pyganodon
|
--+ +-- Anodontoides
| +-----+
| | +-- Strophitus
| |
+--+ +-- Alasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Alasminota_etowaensis **
+--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus
+--+
+-- Utterbackiana
|
