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 Araujo et al. (2016): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationAraujo, R., S. Schneider, K.J. Roe, D. Erpenbeck & A. Machordom. 2016. The origin and phylogeny of Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia, Unionoida): a synthesis of molecular and fossil data. Zoologica Scripta 46(3): 289-307. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1_2b
+----------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
--+ +-------------------- Potomida_littoralis
| |
+--+ +----------------- Gibbosula_laosensis
| |
| | +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ +--------+
| | | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| | +--+
| | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
| +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_hembeli
Cladogram Figure 2a
+-------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
--+ +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| +--------------+
| | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
+--+
| +-------------- Gibbosula_laosensis
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_laevis
| +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_hembeli
|
