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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Hoeh et al. (1995): cladograms
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Complete Citation

Hoeh, W.R., K.S. Frazer, E. Naranjo-Garcia & R.J. Trdan. 1995. A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of simultaneous hermaphroditism in a freshwater mussel clade (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Utterbackia). Malacological Review 28: 25-42.

Cladogram Figures

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• Fig. 2

Cladogram Figure 2

     +----- Utterbackia_peggyae     
  +--+                              
  |  |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis  
  |  +--+                           
--+     +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
  |                                 
  |  +----- Pyganodon_lacustris     
  |  |                              
  +--+----- Pyganodon_grandis       
     |                              
     |  +-- Pyganodon_cataracta     
     +--+                           
        +-- Pyganodon_fragilis