The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Reis et al. (2013): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationReis, J., A. Machordom & R. Araujo. 2013. Morphological and molecular diversity of Unionidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Portugal. Graellsia 69(1): 17-36. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 4
+-------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
--+ +----------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +-- Amblema_plicata
+--+ +-----------------+
| | +-- Quadrula_nobilis
| |
+--+ +----------------- Potomida_littoralis
| |
| | +----- Anodonta_cygnea
+--+ +--------+
| | | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata
|
| +----------- Unio_tumidus
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_tumidiformis
| +-----+
| | +-- Unio_crassus
+--+
| +----- Unio_delphinus
+--+
| +-- Unio_mancus
+--+
+-- Unio_pictorum
Cladogram Figure 5
+----------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
--+ +-------------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +-- Amblema_plicata
+--+ +--------------------+
| | +-- Theliderma_metanevra
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Potomida_littoralis
| |
| | +-- Anodonta_anatina
+--+ |
| +--------------+-- Anodonta_cygnea
| | |
| | +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata
+--+
| +-------------- Unio_tumidus
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_tumidiformis
| +--------+
| | +-- Unio__2
+--+
| +-------- Unio__1
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_delphinus
| +--+
| | +-- Unio_mancus
+--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+
+-- Unio_caffer
|
