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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae

genus Caudiculatus Simpson, 1900: cladomics
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 1 (1 total)
analyzed in 1 cladogram in 1 publication
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)


Zieritz et al., 2024 [Publ 4381], fig. 2

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
110145348--
                    +-- Khairuloconcha           
           +--------+                            
           |        +-- Ctenodesma               
           |                                     
           |     +----- Ensidens                 
  +--------+  +--+                               
  |        |  |  |  +-- Rectidens                
  |        |  |  +--+                            
  |        |  |     +-- Hyriopsis                
  |        +--+                                  
  |           |     +-- Physunio                 
  |           |  +--+                            
  |           |  |  +-- Trapezoideus             
  |           +--+                               
--+              |  +-- Yaukthwa                 
  |              +--+                            
  |                 +-- Lens                     
  |                                              
  |           +-------- Caudiculatus_caudiculatus **
  |  +--------+                                  
  |  |        |  +----- Potomida                 
  |  |        +--+                               
  |  |           |  +-- Gonidea                  
  +--+           +--+                            
     |              +-- Microcondylaea           
     |                                           
     |  +-------------- Schepmania               
     |  |                                        
     +--+  +----------- Indopseudodon            
        |  |                                     
        +--+        +-- Pilsbryoconcha           
           |  +-----+                            
           |  |     +-- Pseudodon                
           +--+                                  
              |  +----- Sundadontina             
              +--+                               
                 |  +-- Thaiconcha               
                 +--+                            
                    +-- Bineurus                 
 
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