The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Amaro et al. (2017): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationAmaro, R., C. Bouza, B. Gómez, J. Castro, E. San Miguel et al. 2017. Identification of novel gender-associated mitochondrial haplotypes in Margaritifera margaritifera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(4): 738-750. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+----------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__2
--+ |
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera__1
| | +--------------+
+--+ | +-- Margaritifera_falcata
| |
| | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Platynaias_compressa
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| | +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
+--+
| +----- Fusconaia_flava
| +-----+
| | | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+
| +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| +--+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
|
| +----- Quadrula_quadrula__2
+--+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula__1
+--+
+-- Quadrula_nobilis
Cladogram Figure 2-M
+-- Fusconaia_flava
+--+
| +-- Quadrula_quadrula
+-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| +--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
--+
| +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| +-----+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| |
+--+ +-- Lasmigona_costata
| |
+--+-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
|
+-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
Cladogram Figure 3A
+----------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Margaritifera_falcata
--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +-------- Platynaias_compressa
+--+ +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
|
| +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| +-----+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+
| +----- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
| +-- Toxolasma_parvum
+--+
+-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
Cladogram Figure 3A-M
+-------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
--+ +----------- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+ +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| +-----+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+
| +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
+-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
Cladogram Figure 3B
+----------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Margaritifera_falcata
--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| |
| | +-------- Platynaias_compressa
+--+ +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
|
| +-- Toxolasma_parvum
| +-----+
| | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+
| +----- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
| +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
+-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
Cladogram Figure 3B-M
+-------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
--+ +----------- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+ +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| |
+--+ +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| +--+
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
+-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
|
