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

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Publication Huang et al. (2013): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Huang, 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      
  |                                                
  |     +-------------- Unio_pictorum              
  |     |                                          
  |  +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
  |  |  |  +--------+                              
--+  |  |  |        +-- Cristaria_plicata          
  |  |  +--+                                       
  |  |     |  +-------- Platynaias_compressa       
  |  |     +--+                                    
  |  |        |  +----- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |  |        +--+                                 
  |  |           |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
  +--+           +--+                              
     |              +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
     |                                             
     |        +-------- Quadrula_quadrula          
     |     +--+                                    
     |     |  |  +----- Toxolasma_parvum           
     |     |  +--+                                 
     |     |     |  +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
     |     |     +--+                              
     +-----+        +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
           |                                       
           |        +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
           |     +--+                              
           |     |  +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
           +-----+                                 
                 |  +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
                 +--+                              
                    +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
Cladogram Figure 3-M
        +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  +-----+                              
  |     +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
  |                                    
--+     +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
  |  +--+                              
  |  |  +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
  +--+                                 
     |  +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
     +--+                              
        +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
 
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