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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Publication Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020): cladograms publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationTeiga-Teixeira, J., E. Froufe, A. Gomes-dos-Santos, A.E. Bogan, A.Y. Karatayev et al. 2020. Complete mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater mussels Amblema plicata (Say, 2817), Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834), and Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857) (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 5(3): 2977-2979. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-- Margaritifera_falcata
+-----------------------------+
| +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta
|
| +----- Lanceolaria_grayii
--+ +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
+--+
| +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus
| +-----------------------+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
+--+ +-- Elliptio_complanata
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Pleurobema_oviforme
+--+
| +-------------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
+--+ +----------------- Popenaias_popeii
| |
+--+ +-------------- Toxolasma_parvum
| |
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Potamilus_leptodon
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +-----+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ornata
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
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