The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Chase et al. (2018): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationChase, E.E., B.M. Robicheau, S. Veinot, S. Breton & D.T. Stewart. 2018. The complete mitochondrial genome of the hermaphroditic freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea (Bivalvia: Unionidae): in silico analysis of sex-specific ORFs across Order Unionoida. BMC Genomics 12, 221: 1-15. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 4
+-------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--------------------+
| | +----- Margaritifera_falcata
| +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
| +--+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +-- Unio_delphinus
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Unio_tumidus
| |
| +--+ +-------------------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| | | |
| | | | +-- Anodonta_cygnea
| | | | +--------------+
--+ | +--+ | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| | | |
| | | | +-- Pyganodon_lacustris
| | | | +-----+
| | +--+ | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| | | +-----+
| | | | | +----- Utterbackia_peninsularis__2
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis__1
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | |
| | | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Lasmigona_complanata
| | | |
+--+ +--+ +-- Alasmidonta_undulata
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Alasmidonta_marginata
| +--+
| | +----- Strophitus_undulatus
| +--+
| | +-- Platynaias_compressa
| +--+
| +-- Platynaias_subviridis
|
| +-- Echyridella_menziesii
| +--------+
| | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
| +--------+
| | | +-------- Fusconaia_flava
| | +--+
| | | +----- Megalonaias_nervosa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
| | +--+
+-----+ +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa
|
| +-------- Toxolasma_parvum
| +--------+
| | | +----- Toxolasma_lividum
| | +--+
| | | +-- Toxolasma_paulum
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Toxolasma_texasiense
|
| +-------------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| |
| | +----- Lemiox_rimosus
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_powellii
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
|
| +-------- Potamilus_metnecktayi
+--+
| +----- Cambarunio_iris
+--+
| +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
+--+
+-- Truncilla_macrodon
Cladogram Figure 5
+-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+-----------+
| +-- Echyridella_menziesii
|
--+ +----------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| |
| | +----- Potamilus_alatus
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
| +-- Anodonta_anatina
| +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+
| +-- Unio_delphinus
+--+
+-- Unio_tumidus
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