The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Fonseca et al. (2016): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationFonseca, M.M., M. Lopes-Lima, M.S. Eackles, T.L. King & E. Froufe. 2016. The female and male mitochondrial genomes of Unio delphinus and the phylogeny of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 1(1): 954-957. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-- Margaritifera_falcata
+-----------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
|
| +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| +--------------+
| | | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +--+
--+ | | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| |
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | +--------+
| | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | |
+--+ +--------+ +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| |
| | +-------- Cristaria_plicata
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| | |
| | | +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Platynaias_compressa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| +--+
| +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
|
| +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| +-----------+
| | +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| |
+--+ +-- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| +--------+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_coreana
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_pictorum
| +-----+
| | +-- Unio_delphinus
+--+
| +----- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
+-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
Cladogram Figure 1-M
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+-----------+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
|
--+ +----- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +-----+
| | | +-- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
|
| +-------- Unio_delphinus
+--+
| +----- Anodonta_anatina
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+
+-- Pyganodon_grandis
|
