The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Guerra et al. (2017): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationGuerra, D., F. Plazzi, D.T. Stewart, A.E. Bogan, W.R. Hoeh & S. Breton. 2017. Evolution of sex-dependent mtDNA transmission in freshwater mussels. Scientific Reports 7. 1551 (13 pp.). Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2a
+----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Mutela_dubia
--+ +-----------------------------+
| | +-- Anodontites_trapesialis
| |
| | +----------------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
+--+ |
| | +-- Margaritifera_falcata
| | +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ |
| | +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| | +--+
| | | | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+ | +--+
| +-----------+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| | |
| | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
| +--+
| +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
|
| +-- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+
| +----------------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| |
+--+ +-------------- Cristaria_plicata
| |
+--+ +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| |
+--+ +-- Platynaias_subviridis
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias_compressa
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+
+-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
Cladogram Figure 2a-M
+----------- Echyridella_menziesii
|
--+ +-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| |
| | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+--+
| +-- Pyganodon_grandis
|
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+
+-- Quadrula_quadrula
Cladogram Figure 2b
+-------------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Mutela_dubia
--+ +--------------------------------+
| | +-- Anodontites_trapesialis
| |
+--+ +-------------------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
| |
| | +-- Margaritifera_falcata
| | +--------------------------+
+--+ | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| | +-----------------+
+--+ | | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +--+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| |
+--+ +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| +-----+
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| +--------------+
| | | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
+--+ +--+
| +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
|
| +-------------------- Unio_pictorum
| |
+--+ +----------------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| |
+--+ +-- Cristaria_plicata
| +-----------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
+--+
| +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| |
+--+ +-- Platynaias_subviridis
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias_compressa
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+
+-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
Cladogram Figure 2b-M
+----------- Echyridella_menziesii
|
--+ +-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| |
| | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+--+
| +-- Pyganodon_grandis
|
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+
+-- Quadrula_quadrula
|
