The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina genus Pseudodontoideus Frierson, 1927: cladomics 2 Recent valid species (2 total species) Cladomics Summarynumber of species = 2 (2 total) analyzed in 10 cladograms in 7 publications maximum number of terminals in an analysis =
2 (mean = 1.5, median = 1.5) Basic Monophylynumber of cladograms that test basic monophyly
(i.e., more than 1 included species) = 5 maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean =
2 median = 2) proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly
= 1
Whelan et al., 2023 [Publ 4287], fig. 4 ** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 10 | -- |
+----------------------- Sulcularia
|
| +-------------- Alasmidonta
| +-----+
--+ | | +----------- Platynaias
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Strophitus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia
| +--+
| +-- Anodontoides
|
| +----------------- Utterbackiana
+--+
| +-------------- Alasminota
+--+
| +----------- Arcidens
+--+
| +-------- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis__3 **
+--+
| +----- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis__2 **
+--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
+--+
+-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis__1 **
Perkins et al., 2025 [Publ 4447], fig. 2_mtDNA-ITS ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram ** | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 31 | 14 | -- |
+-------------- Utterbackiana
|
+--+ +----------- Alasminota
| | |
| +--+ +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
| +--+
| | +----- Lasmigona
| +--+
| | +-- Pterosyna
--+ +--+
| +-- Arcidens
|
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ligodonta
| | +--+
| | +-- Alasmidonta
+-----+
| +-- Anodontoides
| +-----+
| | +-- Strophitus
+--+
| +----- Sulcularia
+--+
| +-- Pyganodon
+--+
+-- Utterbackia
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
|
--+ +-- Anodontoides
| +--------+
| | +-- Strophitus
| |
+--+ +-- Alasmidonta
| +-----+
| | +-- Alasminota
+--+
| +----- Utterbackiana
+--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
+--+
+-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
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_connasaugaensis **
+--+ +--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
|
| +----------- Alasminota
| |
+--+ +-- Anodontoides
| +-----+
| | +-- Strophitus
+--+
| +----- Sulcularia
+--+
| +-- Platynaias
+--+
+-- Prolasmidonta
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
| |
| +--+ +-- Pterosyna
--+ | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Arcidens
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lasmigona
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
+--+ +--+
| +-- Pseudodontoideus_connasaugaensis **
|
| +----- Sulcularia
| +--+
| | | +-- Anodontoides
| | +--+
| | +-- Strophitus
+-----+
| +-- Prolasmidonta
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias
+--+
| +-- Alasminota
+--+
+-- Alasmidonta
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 3 | -- |
+----- Pyganodon
--+
| +-- Lasmigona
+--+
+-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
Inoue et al., 2014 [Publ 3635], fig. 3A | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 8 | -- |
+-------- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
+--+
| | +----- Lasmigona
| +--+
| | +-- Pterosyna
--+ +--+
| +-- Arcidens
|
| +-------- Strophitus
| |
+--+ +-- Pyganodon
| +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia
+--+
| +-- Platynaias
+--+
+-- Alasmidonta
Inoue et al., 2018 [Publ 3858], fig. 1_3a-c | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 15 | 9 | -- |
-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 3 | -- |
+-- Lasmigona
--+
+-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
Chong et al., 2008 [Publ 2668], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | -- |
+-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus **
|
--+-- Alasmidonta
|
+-- Pterosyna
|