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 Huang et al. (2013): cladograms publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationHuang, X.-C., J. Rong, Y. Liu, M.-H. Zhang, Y. Wan et al. 2013. The complete maternally and paternally inherited mitochondrial genomes of the endangered freshwater mussel Solenaia carinatus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and implications for Unionidae taxonomy. PLoS One 8(12), e84352: 1-13. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-------------------- Margaritifera_falcata
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| +-------------- Unio_pictorum
| |
| +--+ +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| | | +--------+
--+ | | | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Platynaias_compressa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
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| +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| +--+
| | | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
+-----+ +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
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| +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+-----+
| +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
+--+
+-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
Cladogram Figure 3-M
+-- Pyganodon_grandis
+-----+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
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--+ +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
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