The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Wu et al. (2020): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationWu, R.-W., K.S. Kim, G.-L. Xie, S. Ouyang & X.-P. Wu. 2020. Phylogenetic position of Aculamprotula polysticta, comb. res. (Bivalvia: Unionidae) inferred from phylogenetic relationships in Unionida. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 192-199. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-- Neotrigonia_lamarckii
+--------------------------+
| +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +----- Triplodon_corrugatus
| +--------------------+
| | | +-- Hyridella_australis
--+ | +--+
| | +-- Velesunio_ambiguus
| |
| | +----------- Mutela_hargeri
| | |
| | +-----------+ +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| | | | +-----+
+--+ | | | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| | +--+
| | | +----- Etheria_elliptica
| | +--+
| | | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamproscapha_ensiformis
| |
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | +--------------+
+--+ | +-- Scabies_crispata
| |
| | +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--+ +-----+
| | | | | +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | |
| | | +----------- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
+--+ +--+
| | +----- Aculamprotula_polysticta
| +--+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_fibrosa
| +--+
| +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
|
| +----------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
| +--------+
| | | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| | +--+
| | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_hembeli
| +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
Cladogram Figure 3
+----------------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-------------------------------------- Echyridella_menziesii
--+ |
| | +-- Anodontites_trapesialis
| | +--------------------------------+
| | | +-- Mutela_dubia
+--+ |
| | +-------- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
| | +-----------------------+
| | | | +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| | | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Margaritifera_falcata
| | +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| |
| | +----------- Quadrula_quadrula
| | |
| | +-----------------+ +-------- Toxolasma_parvum
+--+ | | |
| | +--+ +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_leptodon
| |
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | +--------+
+--+ | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| |
| +--------------+ +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | |
| | | +----- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri
| | +--+
| | | +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
| | +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+
| +----------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
| | +----- Acuticosta_chinensis
| | +-----------+
| | | | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| | | +--+
| | | +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| | |
| | +--+ +-------- Cristaria_plicata
| | | | +-----+
+--+ | | | | +----- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| | +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
| | |
| | | +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Platynaias_compressa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| +--+
| +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
|
| +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| |
| +--------+ +-- Aculamprotula_coreana
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
|
| +-------- Unio_tumidus
| +-----+
| | | +----- Unio_nanus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_delphinus
+--+ +--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum
|
| +----------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata
+--+
| +-------- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
| +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
+--+
| +-- Cuneopsis_heudei
+--+
+-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
Cladogram Figure S1
+-- Neotrigonia_lamarckii
+-----------------------------+
| +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +----- Triplodon_corrugatus
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Hyridella_australis
--+ | +--+
| | +-- Velesunio_ambiguus
| |
| | +----------- Mutela_hargeri
| | |
| | +--------------+ +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| | | | +-----+
+--+ | | | +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi
| | +--+
| | | +----- Etheria_elliptica
| | +--+
| | | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamproscapha_ensiformis
| |
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | +--------------+
+--+ | +-- Scabies_crispata
| |
| | +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +-----+ +-----+
| | | | | +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | |
| | | +----------- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
+--+ | +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| +--+
| | +----- Aculamprotula_polysticta
| +--+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| +--+
| +-- Aculamprotula_fibrosa
|
| +-------------------- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
| |
+--+ +----------------- Gibbosula_laosensis
| |
| | +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta
+--+ +--------+
| | | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| | +--+
| | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| +--------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+
| +-------- Margaritifera_falcata
| |
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_hembeli
| +--+
| | +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
+--+
| +-- Margaritifera_laevis
+--+
+-- Margaritifera_middendorffi
|
