The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Huang et al. (2018): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationHuang, X.-C., R.-W. Wu, C.-T. An, G.-L. Xie, J.-H. Su et al. 2018. Reclassification of Lamprotula rochechouartii as Margaritifera rochechouartii comb. nov. (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) reveal by time-calibrated multi-locus phylogenetic analyses and mitochondrial phylogenomics of Unionoida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 297-306. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3_5
+-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
+-----------------------------+
| +-- Neotrigonia_lamarckii
|
| +----- Triplodon_corrugatus
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Velesunio_ambiguus
--+ | +--+
| | +-- Hyridella_australis
| |
| | +----------- Mutela_hargeri
| | |
| | +--------------+ +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
+--+ | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| | +--+
| | | +----- Etheria_elliptica
| | +--+
| | | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamproscapha_ensiformis
| |
+--+ +-- Potomida_littoralis
| +-----+
| | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| |
| +--------------+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Scabies_crispata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
|
| +-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
| |
| | +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ +-----------+
| | | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| | +--+
| | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| +-----------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
+--+
| +----------- Margaritifera_falcata
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
| +----- Margaritifera_hembeli
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_marrianae
Cladogram Figure 6
+-------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Anodontites_trapesialis
| +--------------------------+
--+ | +-- Mutela_dubia
| |
| | +-------------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
| | |
| | | +-------------- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
+--+ | +--------+
| | | | +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| | | +--+
| | | | +-------- Pseudunio_marocanus
| | | +--+
| | | | +----- Margaritifera_falcata
| | | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| | +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| |
| | +----------- Quadrula_quadrula
| | |
| | +-----+ +-------- Toxolasma_parvum
| | | | |
| | | +--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Potamilus_leptodon
| +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| | |
| | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | | +-----------+
| | | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lamprotula_leaii
|
| +-------- Cristaria_plicata
| +-----+
| | | +----- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| | |
| | | +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Platynaias_compressa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| +--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
|
| +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| +--------+
| | | +-- Aculamprotula_coreana
| | +--+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
+--+
| +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| +--------+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
| +-------- Unio_tumidus
+--+
| +----- Unio_crassus
+--+
| +-- Unio_delphinus
+--+
+-- Unio_pictorum
Cladogram Figure 6-M
+----------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
|
| +-------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
--+ |
| | +----- Quadrula_quadrula
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| |
| | +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
| +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--+
| | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
|
| +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
+--+
| +----- Unio_tumidus
+--+
| +-- Unio_crassus
+--+
+-- Unio_delphinus
|
