The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Bolotov et al. (2016): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationBolotov, I.V., I.V. Vikhrev, Y.V. Bespalaya, M.Y. Gofarov, A.V. Kondakov et al. 2016. Multi-locus fossil-calibrated phylogeny, biogeography and a subgeneric revision of the Margaritiferidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 104-121. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+----- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
+-----------------------+
| | +-- Neotrigonia_lamarckii
| +--+
| +-- Neotrigonia_bednalli
|
| +----- Diplodon_suavidicus
| +-----+
| | | +-- Triplodon_corrugatus
| | +--+
| | +-- Castalia_ambigua
--+ +--------------+
| | | +----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis
| | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Lortiella_froggatti
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Alathyria_pertexta
| | |
| | | +----- Velesunio_ambiguus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+ +--+
| +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +-------- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| +--------------+
| | | +----- Etheria_elliptica
| | +--+
| | | +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| | +--+
| | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Unio_ravoisieri
|
| +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| +--------------+
| | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| |
+--+ +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
| +-----------+
| | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_marrianae
Cladogram Figure 4
+----- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
+-----------------------+
| | +-- Neotrigonia_bednalli
| +--+
| +-- Neotrigonia_lamarckii
|
| +----- Diplodon_suavidicus
| +-----+
| | | +-- Triplodon_corrugatus
| | +--+
| | +-- Castalia_ambigua
--+ +--------------+
| | | +----- Microdontia_anodontaeformis
| | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Alathyria_pertexta
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Lortiella_froggatti
| | |
| | | +----- Velesunio_ambiguus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Alathyria_jacksoni
+--+ +--+
| +-- Alathyria_profuga
|
| +-------- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| +--------------+
| | | +----- Etheria_elliptica
| | +--+
| | | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| | +--+
| | +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Unio_ravoisieri
|
| +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| +--------------+
| | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| |
+--+ +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
| +-----------+
| | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
