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 Grobler et al. (2011): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationGrobler, P.J., J.W. Jones, N.A. Johnson, R.J. Neves & E.M. Hallermen. 2011. Homogeneity at nuclear microsatellite loci masks mitochondrial haplotype diversity in the endangered fanshell pearlymussel (Cyprogenia stegaria). Journal of Heredity 102(2): 196-206. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+----------------- Amblema_plicata
|
| +----------- Lemiox_rimosus
| +--+
--+ | | +-------- Medionidus_conradicus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Dromus_dromas
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria
+--+ +--+
| +-- Cyprogenia_aberti
|
| +----------- Potamilus_alatus
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Lampsilis_higginsii
| | +--+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_fasciola
+--+--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_ovata
|
| +----- Cambarunio_iris
| |
+--+----- Ligumia_recta
|
| +-- Epioblasma_brevidens
+--+
+-- Epioblasma_capsaeformis
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