The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Pfeiffer et al. (2019): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationPfeiffer, J.M., C.L. Atkinson, A.E. Sharpe, K.A. Capps, K.F. Emery & L.M. Page. 2019. Phylogeny of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae. Zoologica Scripta 48: 106-117. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-------------------------------------- Gonidea_angulata
|
| +----------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-------- Uniomerus_declivis
| | +--+
--+ | | +----- Quadrula_verrucosa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
| | +--+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
| | +-------------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
+--+ +-----------------+
| | | +----------- Elliptio_fumata
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pleurobema_riddellii
| | +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_flava
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleurobema_strodeanum
| |
+--+ +-- Amblema_plicata
| +--+
| | +-- Amblema_neislerii
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
| | +--+
| | +-- Reginaia_rotulata
| |
| | +----------------- Popenaias_popeii
| | |
| | +--------+ +-------------- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__2
| | | | |
+--+ | +--+ +----------- Psoronaias_guatemalensis__1
| | | |
| | +--+ +-------- Psoronaias_semigranosa__3
| | | |
| | | | +----- Psoronaias_semigranosa__2
| | +--+ |
| | | +----- Psoronaias_usumasintae__2
| | | |
| | +--+----- Psoronaias_percompressa
+--+ |
| | +-- Psoronaias_semigranosa__1
| | |
| +--+-- Psoronaias_profunda
| |
| +-- Psoronaias_usumasintae__1
|
| +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Glebula_rotundata
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Potamilus_alatus
| |
| | +-- Truncilla_truncata
+--+ +--------------+
| | +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris
| |
+--+ +-------------- Pachynaias_spheniopsis
| |
| | +-- Cyrtonaias_explicata
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Sphenonaias_microdon
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +----- Cambarunio_iris
+--+
| +-- Epioblasma_triquetra
+--+
+-- Ligumia_recta
|
