The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Porto-Hannes et al. (2021): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationPorto-Hannes, I., L. Burlakova, D.T. Zanatta & H.R. Lasker. 2021. Boundaries and hybridization in a secondary contact zone between freshwater mussel species (Family: Unionidae). Heredity 126: 955-973. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
|
+-------------------- Quadrula_verrucosa
|
--+ +-- Eurynia_dilatata
| +--------------+
| | +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia
| |
| | +-- Amblema_plicata
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Amblema_elliottii
| |
| | +-- Obovaria_olivaria
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
| | +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
| +--------+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_ornata
|
| +----- Lampsilis_radiata__2
| +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_radiata__1
|
| +----- Lampsilis_virescens
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_hydiana
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_straminea
Cladogram Figure 4
+-------------------- Quadrula_quadrula
|
+-------------------- Pustulosa_pustulosa
--+
| +----------------- Pleurobema_sintoxia
| |
+--+ +-------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
+--+ +----------- Obovaria_olivaria
| |
+--+ +-------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
+--+ +----- Lampsilis_hydiana
| |
| +----- Lampsilis_straminea
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
| +-- Lampsilis_radiata
+--+
+-- Lampsilis__1
|
+-- Lampsilis__2
|
