Page last updated
Thu 17 July 2025

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 Giribet & Distel (2003): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Giribet, G. & D.L. Distel. 2003. Bivalve phylogeny and molecular data. [in] Lydeard & Lindberg, Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks: 45-90.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

• Fig. 3f5

Cladogram Figure 3f5

        +-- Neotrigonia_bednalli       
  +-----+                              
  |     +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
--+                                    
  |  +----- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |  |                                 
  +--+  +-- Elliptio_complanata        
     |  |                              
     +--+-- Lampsilis_cardium          
        |                              
        +-- Unio_ravoisieri