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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

genus Diaurora Cockerell, 1903: cladomics
     2 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 2 (2 total)
analyzed in 4 cladograms in 2 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2 (mean = 1.5, median = 1.5)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 2
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean = 2 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1


Chen et al., 2023 [Publ 4302], fig. 1

** Top Monophyly Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
220238159--
  +----------------- Aculamprotula   
  |                                  
  |              +-- Middendorffinaia
--+  +-----------+                   
  |  |           +-- Nodularia       
  |  |                               
  +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis       
     |  |                            
     |  |     +----- Schistodesmus   
     |  +-----+                      
     +--+     |  +-- Diaurora_aurorea **
        |     +--+                   
        |        +-- Diaurora_laeve **  
        |                            
        |  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis 
        +--+                         
           |  +----- Inversiunio     
           +--+                      
              |  +-- Tchangsinaia    
              +--+                   
                 +-- Unio            

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 1

** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101442110--
  +----------------------- Globunio        
  |                                        
--+  +-------------------- Aculamprotula   
  |  |                                     
  +--+  +----------------- Middendorffinaia
     |  |                                  
     +--+  +-------------- Nodularia       
        |  |                               
        +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis       
           |  |                            
           |  |        +-- Diaurora_aurorea **
           +--+--------+                   
              |        +-- Schistodesmus   
              |                            
              |  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis 
              +--+                         
                 |  +----- Unio            
                 +--+                      
                    |  +-- Tchangsinaia    
                    +--+                   
                       +-- Inversiunio     

Chen et al., 2023 [Publ 4302], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
220238159--
  +----------------- Aculamprotula   
  |                                  
  |              +-- Middendorffinaia
--+  +-----------+                   
  |  |           +-- Nodularia       
  |  |                               
  +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis       
     |  |                            
     |  |     +----- Schistodesmus   
     |  +-----+                      
     +--+     |  +-- Diaurora_aurorea **
        |     +--+                   
        |        +-- Diaurora_laeve **  
        |                            
        |  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis 
        +--+                         
           |  +----- Inversiunio     
           +--+                      
              |  +-- Tchangsinaia    
              +--+                   
                 +-- Unio            

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1101442110--
  +-------------------- Globunio        
  |                                     
--+  +----------------- Aculamprotula   
  |  |                                  
  |  |              +-- Middendorffinaia
  +--+  +-----------+                   
     |  |           +-- Nodularia       
     |  |                               
     +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis       
        |  |                            
        |  |        +-- Diaurora_aurorea **
        +--+--------+                   
           |        +-- Schistodesmus   
           |                            
           |  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis 
           +--+                         
              |  +----- Inversiunio     
              +--+                      
                 |  +-- Tchangsinaia    
                 +--+                   
                    +-- Unio            
 
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