The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Publication Graf et al. (2015): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationGraf, D.L., H. Jones, A.J. Geneva, J.M. Pfeiffer & M.W. Klunzinger. 2015. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports a Gondwanan origin of the Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) and the paraphyly of Australasian taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 1-9. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Unio_pictorum
| +-----+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| +--------+
| | | +----- Chambardia_wahlbergi
--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| | +--+
| | +-- Etheria_elliptica
| |
| | +----------- Westralunio_carteri
| | |
+--+ | +----- Alathyria_jacksoni
| +--+ +--+
| | | | | +-- Velesunio_ambiguus
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Alathyria_profuga
| | |
| | | +----- Alathyria_pertexta
| | +--+
| | | +-- Microdontia_anodontaeformis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lortiella_froggatti
|
| +----- Diplodon_suavidicus
| +--+
| | | +-- Triplodon_corrugatus
| | +--+
| | +-- Castalia_ambigua
+-----+
| +-- Hyridella_depressa
| +--+
| | +-- Hyridella_drapeta
+--+
| +-- Hyridella_australis
+--+
+-- Cucumerunio_novaehollandiae
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