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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Choi et al. (2020): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Choi, E.H., G. Kim, S.H. Cha, J.-S. Le, S.H. Ryu et al. 2020. Molecular phylogenetic, population genetic and demographic studies of Nodularia douglasiae and Nodularia breviconcha based on CO1 and 16S rRNA. Scientific Reports 10. 16572 (14 pp.). Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2a
              +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
              |                                  
  +-----------+     +-- Unio_pictorum            
  |           |  +--+                            
  |           |  |  +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula   
  |           +--+                               
  |              |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei         
--+              +--+                            
  |                 +-- Cuneopsis_rufescens      
  |                                              
  |  +----------------- Nodularia_breviconcha    
  |  |                                           
  +--+  +-------------- Nodularia_huana          
     |  |                                        
     +--+  +----------- Nodularia_fusiformans    
        |  |                                     
        +--+        +-- Nodularia_nipponensis    
           |  +-----+                            
           |  |     +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae    
           +--+                                  
              |  +----- Nodularia_dualobtusa__2  
              +--+                               
                 |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae     
                 +--+                            
                    +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa__1  
Cladogram Figure 3a
              +-- Cuneopsis_heudei        
  +-----------+                           
  |           +-- Unio_pictorum           
--+                                       
  |  +----------- Nodularia_breviconcha   
  |  |                                    
  +--+  +-------- Nodularia_nipponensis__3
     |  |                                 
     +--+  +----- Nodularia_douglasiae__3 
        |  |                              
        |  |  +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa    
        +--+  |                           
           |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis__1
           |  |                           
           +--+-- Nodularia_nipponensis__2
              |                           
              +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1 
              |                           
              +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__2 
Cladogram Figure 5
           +----- Radiatula_mouhoti    
  +--------+                           
  |        |  +-- Lamellidens_generosus
  |        +--+                        
  |           +-- Leoparreysia_canefrii
--+                                    
  |  +----------- Nodularia_breviconcha
  |  |                                 
  |  |        +-- Nodularia_fusiformans
  +--+  +-----+                        
     |  |     +-- Nodularia_huana      
     |  |                              
     +--+     +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa 
        |  +--+                        
        |  |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae 
        +--+                           
           |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis
           +--+                        
              +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
 
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