The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Inoue et al. (2013): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationInoue, K., D.M. Hayes, J.L. Harris & A.D. Christian. 2013. Phylogenetic and morphometric analyses reveal ecophenotypic plasticity in freshwater mussels Obovaria jacksoniana and Villosa arkansasensis (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Ecology and Evolution 3(8): 2670-2683. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-------------------------- Gonidea_angulata
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+-------------------------- Pyganodon_grandis
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--+ +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
| | +-------- Paetulunio_fabalis
+--+ +-----------+
| | | +----- Amblema_plicata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
+--+ +--+
| +-- Reginaia_rotulata
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| +----------------- Lampsilis_ornata
| |
+--+ +-------------- Leaunio_vanuxemensis
| |
| | +-- Villosa_villosa
+--+-----------+
| +-- Cambarunio_iris
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| +----------- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+
| +-------- Obovaria_arkansasensis
+--+
| +----- Obovaria_retusa
+--+
| +-- Obovaria_unicolor
+--+
+-- Obovaria_subrotunda
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