MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 17 July 2025

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 Jeratthitikul et al. (2022): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Jeratthitikul, E., S. Paphatmethin, C. Sutcharit, P. Bun Ngor, K. Inkhavilay & P. Prasankok. 2022. Phylogeny and biogeography of Indochinese freshwater mussels in the genus Pilsbryoconcha Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with descriptions of four new species. Scientific Reports 12. 20458 (14 pp.). Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

Cladogram Figure S1_1
                    +-------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta      
                    |                                                 
  +-----------------+  +----------------- Gibbosula_laosensis         
  |                 |  |                                              
  |                 |  |              +-- Pseudunio_auricularius      
  |                 +--+  +-----------+                               
  |                    |  |           +-- Pseudunio_marocanus         
  |                    |  |                                           
  |                    +--+           +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera 
  |                       |  +--------+                               
  |                       |  |        +-- Margaritifera_dahurica      
  |                       +--+                                        
  |                          |  +-------- Margaritifera_falcata       
  |                          +--+                                     
  |                             |  +----- Margaritifera_middendorffi  
  |                             +--+                                  
  |                                |  +-- Margaritifera_laevis        
  |                                +--+                               
  |                                   +-- Margaritifera_marrianae     
  |                                                                   
  |                                   +-- Indopseudodon_indawgyiensis 
  |              +--------------------+                               
  |              |                    +-- Indopseudodon_kayinensis    
  |              |                                                    
--+              |                    +-- Nyeinchanconcha_nyeinchani  
  |              |              +-----+                               
  |  +-----------+              |     +-- Sundadontina_cumingii       
  |  |           |  +-----------+                                     
  |  |           |  |           |  +----- Thaiconcha_callifera        
  |  |           |  |           +--+                                  
  |  |           |  |              |  +-- Bineurus_panhai             
  |  |           |  |              +--+                               
  |  |           +--+                 +-- Bineurus_mouhotii           
  |  |              |                                                 
  |  |              |                 +-- Namkongnaia_inkhavilayi     
  |  |              |  +--------------+                               
  |  |              |  |              +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus  
  |  |              |  |                                              
  |  |              +--+              +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis       
  |  |                 |  +-----------+                               
  |  |                 |  |           +-- Pilsbryoconcha_schomburgki  
  |  |                 |  |                                           
  |  |                 +--+           +-- Pilsbryoconcha_carinifera   
  |  |                    |  +--------+                               
  |  |                    |  |        +-- Pilsbryoconcha_linguaeformis
  |  |                    +--+                                        
  +--+                       |  +-------- Pilsbryoconcha_hoikaab      
     |                       +--+                                     
     |                          |  +----- Pilsbryoconcha_mekongiana   
     |                          +--+                                  
     |                             |  +-- Pilsbryoconcha_acuta        
     |                             +--+                               
     |                                +-- Pilsbryoconcha_kittitati    
     |                                                                
     |                             +----- Lens_contradens             
     |                          +--+                                  
     |                          |  |  +-- Trapezoideus_foliaceus      
     |                          |  +--+                               
     |  +-----------------------+     +-- Physunio_superbus           
     |  |                       |                                     
     |  |                       |     +-- Ensidens_ingallsianus       
     |  |                       |     |                               
     |  |                       +-----+-- Hyriopsis_bialata           
     |  |                             |                               
     |  |                             +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis       
     |  |                                                             
     |  |                          +----- Sinosolenaia_carinata       
     +--+  +-----------------------+                                  
        |  |                       |  +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi        
        |  |                       +--+                               
        |  |                          +-- Gonidea_angulata            
        |  |                                                          
        |  |                          +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai  
        |  |                    +-----+                               
        |  |                    |     +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii      
        |  |  +-----------------+                                     
        |  |  |                 |  +----- Lamprotula_leaii            
        +--+  |                 +--+                                  
           |  |                    |  +-- Potomida_semirugata         
           |  |                    +--+                               
           |  |                       +-- Pronodularia_japanensis     
           |  |                                                       
           |  |                 +-------- Amblema_plicata             
           |  |              +--+                                     
           |  |              |  |  +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina     
           |  |              |  +--+                                  
           |  |              |     |  +-- Cambarunio_iris             
           |  |              |     +--+                               
           +--+  +-----------+        +-- Lampsilis_cardium           
              |  |           |                                        
              |  |           |        +-- Quadrula_quadrula           
              |  |           |  +-----+                               
              |  |           |  |     +-- Quadrula_verrucosa          
              |  |           +--+                                     
              |  |              |  +----- Elliptio_complanata         
              |  |              +--+                                  
              |  |                 |  +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia         
              |  |                 +--+                               
              |  |                    +-- Eurynia_dilatata            
              |  |                                                    
              |  |                 +----- Unio_tumidus                
              +--+     +-----------+                                  
                 |     |           |  +-- Unio_pictorum               
                 |     |           +--+                               
                 |  +--+              +-- Unio_crassus                
                 |  |  |                                              
                 |  |  |  +-------------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa      
                 |  |  |  |                                           
                 |  |  +--+           +-- Nodularia_douglasiae        
                 |  |     |  +--------+                               
                 |  |     |  |        +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae       
                 |  |     +--+                                        
                 |  |        |  +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus   
                 |  |        +--+                                     
                 |  |           |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii        
                 +--+           +--+                                  
                    |              |  +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula      
                    |              +--+                               
                    |                 +-- Cuneopsis_rufescens         
                    |                                                 
                    |                 +-- Lanceolaria_grayii          
                    |  +--------------+                               
                    |  |              +-- Lanceolaria_gladiola        
                    |  |                                              
                    |  |     +----------- Cristaria_plicata           
                    |  |  +--+                                        
                    +--+  |  |  +-------- Pletholophus_tenuis         
                       |  |  +--+                                     
                       |  |     |  +----- Sinanodonta_lucida          
                       |  |     +--+                                  
                       |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta           
                       |  |        +--+                               
                       +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_jourdyi         
                          |                                           
                          |     +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata    
                          |  +--+                                     
                          |  |  |  +----- Anodonta_nuttalliana        
                          |  |  +--+                                  
                          |  |     |  +-- Anodonta_anatina            
                          |  |     +--+                               
                          +--+        +-- Anodonta_cygnea             
                             |                                        
                             |        +-- Pyganodon_grandis           
                             |  +-----+                               
                             |  |     +-- Simpsonaias_ambigua         
                             +--+                                     
                                |  +----- Strophitus_undulatus        
                                +--+                                  
                                   |  +-- Alasmidonta_marginata       
                                   +--+                               
                                      +-- Lasmigona_costata           
Cladogram Figure S2_2
                       +----------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta      
                       |                                              
                       |           +----- Gibbosula_laosensis         
  +--------------------+  +--------+                                  
  |                    |  |        |  +-- Pseudunio_auricularius      
  |                    |  |        +--+                               
  |                    |  |           +-- Pseudunio_marocanus         
  |                    +--+                                           
  |                       |           +-- Margaritifera_dahurica      
  |                       |  +--------+                               
  |                       |  |        +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera 
  |                       +--+                                        
  |                          |  +-------- Margaritifera_falcata       
  |                          +--+                                     
  |                             |  +----- Margaritifera_marrianae     
  |                             +--+                                  
  |                                |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi  
  |                                +--+                               
  |                                   +-- Margaritifera_laevis        
  |                                                                   
  |                                   +-- Indopseudodon_indawgyiensis 
  |              +--------------------+                               
  |              |                    +-- Indopseudodon_kayinensis    
  |              |                                                    
--+              |                    +-- Nyeinchanconcha_nyeinchani  
  |              |              +-----+                               
  |  +-----------+              |     +-- Sundadontina_cumingii       
  |  |           |  +-----------+                                     
  |  |           |  |           |  +----- Thaiconcha_callifera        
  |  |           |  |           +--+                                  
  |  |           |  |              |  +-- Bineurus_panhai             
  |  |           |  |              +--+                               
  |  |           +--+                 +-- Bineurus_mouhotii           
  |  |              |                                                 
  |  |              |                 +-- Namkongnaia_inkhavilayi     
  |  |              |  +--------------+                               
  |  |              |  |              +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus  
  |  |              |  |                                              
  |  |              +--+              +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis       
  |  |                 |  +-----------+                               
  |  |                 |  |           +-- Pilsbryoconcha_schomburgki  
  |  |                 |  |                                           
  |  |                 +--+           +-- Pilsbryoconcha_carinifera   
  |  |                    |  +--------+                               
  |  |                    |  |        +-- Pilsbryoconcha_linguaeformis
  |  |                    +--+                                        
  +--+                       |  +-------- Pilsbryoconcha_hoikaab      
     |                       +--+                                     
     |                          |  +----- Pilsbryoconcha_mekongiana   
     |                          +--+                                  
     |                             |  +-- Pilsbryoconcha_acuta        
     |                             +--+                               
     |                                +-- Pilsbryoconcha_kittitati    
     |                                                                
     |                             +----- Ensidens_ingallsianus       
     |                          +--+                                  
     |                          |  |  +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis       
     |                          |  +--+                               
     |  +-----------------------+     +-- Hyriopsis_bialata           
     |  |                       |                                     
     |  |                       |  +----- Lens_contradens             
     |  |                       +--+                                  
     |  |                          |  +-- Trapezoideus_foliaceus      
     |  |                          +--+                               
     |  |                             +-- Physunio_superbus           
     |  |                                                             
     |  |                          +----- Sinosolenaia_carinata       
     +--+  +-----------------------+                                  
        |  |                       |  +-- Gonidea_angulata            
        |  |                       +--+                               
        |  |                          +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi        
        |  |                                                          
        |  |                          +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai  
        |  |                    +-----+                               
        |  |                    |     +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii      
        |  |  +-----------------+                                     
        |  |  |                 |  +----- Potomida_semirugata         
        +--+  |                 +--+                                  
           |  |                    |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii            
           |  |                    +--+                               
           |  |                       +-- Pronodularia_japanensis     
           |  |                                                       
           |  |                 +-------- Amblema_plicata             
           |  |              +--+                                     
           |  |              |  |  +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina     
           |  |              |  +--+                                  
           |  |              |     |  +-- Lampsilis_cardium           
           |  |              |     +--+                               
           +--+  +-----------+        +-- Cambarunio_iris             
              |  |           |                                        
              |  |           |        +-- Quadrula_quadrula           
              |  |           |  +-----+                               
              |  |           |  |     +-- Quadrula_verrucosa          
              |  |           +--+                                     
              |  |              |  +----- Pleurobema_sintoxia         
              |  |              +--+                                  
              |  |                 |  +-- Eurynia_dilatata            
              |  |                 +--+                               
              |  |                    +-- Elliptio_complanata         
              |  |                                                    
              |  |                 +----- Unio_tumidus                
              +--+     +-----------+                                  
                 |     |           |  +-- Unio_pictorum               
                 |     |           +--+                               
                 |  +--+              +-- Unio_crassus                
                 |  |  |                                              
                 |  |  |  +-------------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa      
                 |  |  |  |                                           
                 |  |  +--+           +-- Nodularia_douglasiae        
                 |  |     |  +--------+                               
                 |  |     |  |        +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae       
                 |  |     +--+                                        
                 |  |        |  +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus   
                 |  |        +--+                                     
                 |  |           |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii        
                 +--+           +--+                                  
                    |              |  +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula      
                    |              +--+                               
                    |                 +-- Cuneopsis_rufescens         
                    |                                                 
                    |                 +-- Lanceolaria_grayii          
                    |  +--------------+                               
                    |  |              +-- Lanceolaria_gladiola        
                    |  |                                              
                    |  |     +----------- Cristaria_plicata           
                    |  |  +--+                                        
                    +--+  |  |  +-------- Pletholophus_tenuis         
                       |  |  +--+                                     
                       |  |     |  +----- Sinanodonta_lucida          
                       |  |     +--+                                  
                       |  |        |  +-- Sinanodonta_jourdyi         
                       |  |        +--+                               
                       +--+           +-- Sinanodonta_lauta           
                          |                                           
                          |     +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata    
                          |  +--+                                     
                          |  |  |  +----- Anodonta_anatina            
                          |  |  +--+                                  
                          |  |     |  +-- Anodonta_nuttalliana        
                          |  |     +--+                               
                          +--+        +-- Anodonta_cygnea             
                             |                                        
                             |        +-- Alasmidonta_marginata       
                             |  +-----+                               
                             |  |     +-- Lasmigona_costata           
                             +--+                                     
                                |  +----- Pyganodon_grandis           
                                +--+                                  
                                   |  +-- Strophitus_undulatus        
                                   +--+                               
                                      +-- Simpsonaias_ambigua         
 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."