The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2021): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationLopes-Lima, M., M.E. Gürlek, Ü. Kebapçi, H. ŞerefliŞan, T. Yanik et al. 2021. Diversity, biogeography, evolutionary relationships, and conservation of Eastern Mediterranean freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163. 107261 (23 pp.). Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+----- Potomida_littoralis
+--+
| | +-- Potomida_semirugata
| +--+
+--------------------+ +-- Potomida_acarnanica
| |
| | +----- Leguminaia_anatolica
| +--+
| | +-- Leguminaia_saulcyi
| +--+
--+ +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi
|
| +----- Anodonta_anatina
| +--------------------+
| | | +-- Anodonta_cygnea
| | +--+
| | +-- Anodonta_seddonae
+--+
| +----------------------- Unio_tumidus
| |
| | +-------- Unio_damascensis
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +----- Unio_sesirmensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_bruguierianus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Unio_nanus
|
| +-- Unio_delicatus
| +--------------+
| | +-- Unio_terminalis
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_tigridis
| +-----------+
| | +-- Unio_hueti
| |
+--+ +----------- Unio_ravoisieri
| |
| | +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Unio_eucirrus
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_elongatulus
| +--+
| | +-- Unio_mancus
+--+
| +-- Unio_foucauldianus
+--+
+-- Unio_delphinus
Cladogram Figure 11
+-------- Anodonta_anatina
--+
| +----- Anodonta_exulcerata
+--+
| +-- Anodonta_seddonae
+--+
+-- Anodonta_cygnea
Cladogram Figure 14
+-- Gonidea_angulata
+--------+
| +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii
|
--+ +-------- Leguminaia_anatolica
| |
| | +----- Leguminaia_wheatleyi__2
+--+ |
| +----- Leguminaia_wheatleyi__3
| |
+--+----- Leguminaia_wheatleyi__4
|
+----- Leguminaia_wheatleyi__5
|
| +-- Leguminaia_saulcyi
+--+
+-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi__1
Cladogram Figure 2
+----------------- Unio_tumidus
|
--+ +-------------- Unio_bruguierianus
| |
| | +-- Unio_delicatus
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Unio_terminalis
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_tigridis
| +-----+
| | +-- Unio_hueti
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_pictorum
| +--+
| | +-- Unio_eucirrus
+--+
| +-- Unio_elongatulus
+--+
+-- Unio_mancus
Cladogram Figure 6
+----------------- Unio_tumidus
--+
| +-------------- Unio_pictorum
+--+
| +----------- Unio_sesirmensis
+--+
| +-------- Unio_damascensis
+--+
| +----- Unio_crassus
+--+
| +-- Unio
+--+
+-- Unio_nanus
|
