The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina genus Anodontoides Simpson in F.C. Baker, 1898: cladomics
2 Recent valid species (2 total species) Cladomics Summarynumber of species = 2 (2 total)
analyzed in 8 cladograms in 6 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis =
2 (mean = 1.88, median = 2) Basic Monophylynumber of cladograms that test basic monophyly
(i.e., more than 1 included species) = 7
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 | 2 | 34 | 31 | 14 | -- | +-------------- Utterbackiana
+--+
| | +----------- Alasminota
| +--+
| | +-------- Pseudodontoideus
| +--+
| | +----- Lasmigona
| +--+
| | +-- Pterosyna
| +--+
--+ +-- Arcidens
|
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ligodonta
| | +--+
| | +-- Alasmidonta
+-----+
| +----- Sulcularia
| +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Utterbackia
|
| +----- Strophitus
+--+
| +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
+--+
+-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 3 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 11 | -- | +-------------------- Utterbackiana
|
| +-- Utterbackia
--+ +--------------+
| | +-- Pyganodon
| |
| | +----- Alasmidonta
+--+ +--------+
| | | +-- Arcidens
| | +--+
| | +-- Pseudodontoideus
+--+
| +----------- Alasminota
| |
| | +----- Sulcularia
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Platynaias
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Prolasmidonta
|
| +----- Strophitus
+--+
| +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
+--+
+-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
Smith et al., 2023 [Publ 4291], fig. 2 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -- | +----- Strophitus
--+
| +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
+--+
+-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
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
| +--+
| | | +----- Strophitus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
|
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias
+-----+
| +-- Alasminota
+--+
+-- Alasmidonta
Smith et al., 2018 [Publ 3790], fig. 1 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | -- | +-- Utterbackia
+--------+
| +-- Pyganodon
|
| +----- Strophitus
--+ +--+
| | | +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
| | +--+
| | +-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
+--+
| +-- Alasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Alasminota
+--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus
+--+
+-- Utterbackiana
Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 630 | 35 | 13 | -- | +-- Utterbackia
+-----------------+
| +-- Pyganodon
--+
| +----------------- Utterbackiana
| |
+--+ +-------------- Simpsonaias
| |
| | +-- Alasminota
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Alasmidonta
| |
+--+ +-- Prolasmidonta
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias
+--+
| +----- Strophitus
+--+
| +-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
+--+
+-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 4 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 10 | -- | +----------------------- Sulcularia
|
| +-------- Utterbackiana
--+ +-----------+
| | | +----- Alasminota
| | +--+
| | | +-- Arcidens
+--+ +--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus
|
| +----------------- Alasmidonta
+--+
| +-------------- Platynaias
+--+
| +----------- Strophitus
+--+
| +-------- Pyganodon
+--+
| +----- Utterbackia
+--+
| +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
+--+
+-- Anodontoides_denigratus **
Boyer et al., 2011 [Publ 2718], fig. 4 iT| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 8 | -- | +-------------- Strophitus
|
| +----- Pterosyna
--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Lasmigona
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Arcidens
|
| +-------- Utterbackia
| |
+--+-------- Alasmidonta
|
| +----- Pyganodon
+--+
| +-- Anodontoides_ferussacianus **
+--+
+-- Platynaias
|
