The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Inoue et al. (2014): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationInoue, K., A.L. McQueen, J.L. Harris & D.J. Berg. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and morphological variation reveal recent speciation in freshwater mussels of the genera Arcidens and Arkansia (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3): 535-545. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3A
+----------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
| +-------------------------- Amblema_plicata
--+ |
| +-------------------------- Eurynia_dilatata
| |
+--+-------------------------- Lampsilis_ornata
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| +----------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
| | +-------------------- Gonidea_angulata
+--+ |
| | +----------- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +-------- Lasmigona_costata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lasmigona_complanata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Arcidens_confragosus
+--+ +--+
| +-- Arcidens_wheeleri
|
| +-------------- Strophitus_undulatus
| |
| | +-------- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
+--+ | | +----- Utterbackia_peninsularis__2
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis__1
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| +-- Platynaias_compressa
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias_subviridis
+--+
| +----- Alasmidonta_marginata
+--+
| +-- Alasmidonta_undulata
+--+
+-- Alasmidonta_varicosa
Cladogram Figure 3B
+----------- Amblema_plicata
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| +-------- Pyganodon_grandis
--+ |
| +-------- Pyganodon_cataracta
| |
+--+-------- Pyganodon_fragilis
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+-------- Pyganodon
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| +----- Platynaias_subviridis
+--+
| +-- Arcidens_confragosus
+--+
+-- Arcidens_wheeleri
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