The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Guerra et al. (2019): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationGuerra, D., M. Lopes-Lima, E. Froufe, H.M. Gan, P. Ondina et al. 2019. Variability of mitochondrial ORFans hints at possible differences in the system of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria among families of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida). BMC Evolutionary Biology 19 (229): 1-22. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +----------------- Mutela_dubia
| +--------------+
| | | +-------------- Chambardia_rubens
| | +--+
| | | +----------- Anodontites_trapesialis
--+ | +--+
| | | +-------- Monocondylaea_parchappii
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lamproscapha_ensiformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| | +--+
| | +-- Fossula_fossiculifera
+--+
| +-- Echyridella_menziesii
| +-----+
| | +-- Westralunio_carteri
| +--------------------+
| | | +----- Diplodon_suavidicus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Castalia_ambigua
| | +--+
| | +-- Prisodon_obliquus
| |
| | +-------------- Gibbosula_crassa
| | |
+--+ +-----------+ +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| | +--+
| | | +----- Margaritifera_falcata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| +--------------+
| | | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +--+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| |
+--+ +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
| | +-- Potomida_littoralis
| |
+--+ +-------------- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| +--+
| | | +----------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Unio_tumidus
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Unio_nanus
| +--+
| +-- Unio_delphinus
|
| +-------------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| |
+--+ +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| |
+--+ +-- Platynaias_compressa
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias_subviridis
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+
+-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
Cladogram Figure 1-M
+-- Echyridella_menziesii
+--------------------------+
| +-- Westralunio_carteri
|
| +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| +--------------------+
--+ | | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| | +--+
| | +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| |
| | +----- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+ +-----------------+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| |
| | +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+ +-----------+
| | | +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
| +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--------+
| | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Pyganodon_grandis
|
| +-------------- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--+
| +----------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+
| +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
+--+
| +----- Unio_tumidus
+--+
| +-- Unio_nanus
+--+
+-- Unio_delphinus
Cladogram Figure 2
+----------------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +----------------- Chambardia_rubens
| +--------------------+
| | | +-------------- Mutela_dubia
| | +--+
| | | +----------- Anodontites_trapesialis
--+ | +--+
| | | +-------- Monocondylaea_parchappii
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lamproscapha_ensiformis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Tamsiella_schroeteriana
| | +--+
| | +-- Fossula_fossiculifera
+--+
| +----------- Westralunio_carteri
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-------- Echyridella_menziesii
| | +--+
| | | +----- Diplodon_suavidicus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Castalia_ambigua
| | +--+
| | +-- Prisodon_obliquus
| |
| | +-------------- Gibbosula_crassa
+--+ |
| +-----------------+ +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Pseudunio_marocanus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Pseudunio_auricularius
| | +--+
| | | +----- Margaritifera_falcata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
+--+ +--+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +-------- Quadrula_quadrula
| +--------------------+
| | | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +--+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus
+--+
| +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +-----------------+
| | | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Potomida_littoralis
|
| +----------------------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| |
| | +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+ +-----------+
| | | +----- Unio_tumidus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_nanus
+--+ +--+
| +-- Unio_delphinus
|
| +----------------- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| |
+--+ +-------------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| |
+--+ +----------- Anodonta_anatina
| |
+--+ +-- Platynaias_compressa
| +-----+
| | +-- Platynaias_subviridis
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
+--+
+-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
Cladogram Figure 2-M
+-- Echyridella_menziesii
+--------------------------+
| +-- Westralunio_carteri
|
| +----- Pseudunio_marocanus
| +--------------------+
--+ | | +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
| | +--+
| | +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
| |
| | +----- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+ +-----------------+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus
| |
| | +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+ +-----------+
| | | +----- Potomida_littoralis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +--+
| | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| +--+
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
|
| +-------------- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--+
| +----------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
+--+
| +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+
| +----- Unio_tumidus
+--+
| +-- Unio_nanus
+--+
+-- Unio_delphinus
|
