The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Inoue et al. (2020): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationInoue, K., J.L. Harris, C.R. Robertson, N.A. Johnson & C.R. Randklev. 2020. A comprehensive approach uncovers hidden diversity in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with the description of a novel species. Cladistics 36: 88-113. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+----------------------------------------------- Arcidens_confragosus
|
| +-- Pustulosa_petrina
| +-----------------------------------------+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
--+ |
| | +-------------- Parvaspina_collina
| | |
| | | +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| | +--------------------------+ +--------+
| | | | | +-- Hemistena_lata
+--+ | | |
| | +--+ +-- Pleurobema_clava
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
| | +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_flava
+--+ +--+
| +-- Fusconaia_subrotunda
|
| +-- Amblema_plicata
| +--+
| | +-- Amblema_elliottii
| +--------------------------------+
| | | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
| | +--+
| | +-- Reginaia_rotulata
| |
+--+ +----------------------------------- Toxolasma_lividum
| |
| | +-------- Potamilus_fragilis
| | |
| | +-----------------------+ +-- Potamilus_ohiensis
+--+ | | +--+
| | | | +-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Potamilus_metnecktayi
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
| +-------- Ellipsaria_lineolata
| +--------------------+
| | | +----- Truncilla_macrodon
| | +--+
| | | +-- Truncilla_donaciformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Truncilla_cognata
+--+
| +-------------------------- Leaunio_lienosus
| |
| | +-------------------- Lampsilis_bracteata
| | |
| | +--+ +----------------- Lampsilis_fasciola
| | | | |
+--+ | +--+ +-------------- Lampsilis_ornata
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Lampsilis_cariosa
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Lampsilis_cardium__3
+--+ +--+
| | +----- Lampsilis_cardium__2
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_satura
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium__1
|
| +-- Lampsilis_higginsii
| +--------------+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+-----+
| +-------------- Lampsilis_teres
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_radiata
| +--------+
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_bergmanni
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_hydiana
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_virescens
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_straminea
Cladogram Figure 4
+-------------------------------------------------- Arcidens_confragosus
|
| +-- Pustulosa_petrina
| +--------------------------------------------+
--+ | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
| | +-- Reginaia_ebenus
| | +-----------------------------------------+
+--+ | +-- Reginaia_rotulata
| |
| | +-------------- Parvaspina_collina
| | |
| | | +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| | +--------------------------+ +--------+
+--+ | | | +-- Hemistena_lata
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Pleurobema_clava
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Fusconaia_flava
| +--+
| +-- Fusconaia_subrotunda
|
| +-- Amblema_plicata
| +-----------------------------------+
| | +-- Amblema_elliottii
| |
+--+ +----------------------------------- Toxolasma_lividum
| |
| | +-------------------------------- Ellipsaria_lineolata
+--+ |
| | +----- Truncilla_cognata
| | +-----------------------+
| | | | +-- Truncilla_macrodon
+--+ | +--+
| | +-- Truncilla_donaciformis
| |
| | +-------- Potamilus_fragilis
| | |
+--+ +-----------------+ +-- Potamilus_ohiensis
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Potamilus_metnecktayi
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
| +----------------------- Leaunio_lienosus
| |
| | +----------------- Lampsilis_bracteata
| | |
| | +--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| | | | +-----------+
+--+ | | | +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
| | +--+
| | | +----------- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Lampsilis_cardium__3
| | +--+
+--+ | +----- Lampsilis_cardium__2
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_satura
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium__1
|
| +-------------- Lampsilis_teres
| |
| | +-- Lampsilis_higginsii
+-----+ +--------+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_radiata
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_hydiana
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_bergmanni
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_virescens
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_straminea
Cladogram Figure 5
+-------------------- Truncilla_macrodon
|
| +-------------- Lampsilis_bracteata
| |
| +--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
--+ | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_cariosa
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_satura
|
| +-------------- Lampsilis_higginsii
| |
+--+ +----------- Lampsilis_teres
| |
| | +-- Lampsilis_radiata
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_hydiana
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_bergmanni
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_straminea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_virescens
|
