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

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Publication Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Pavan-Kumar, A., S. Varshney, S. Suman, R. Das, A. Chaudhari & G. Krishna. 2022. Complete mitochondrial genome of freshwater pearl mussel Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) and its phylogenetic relation within unionidae family. Molecular Biology Reports 49: 9593–9603. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 4
                                +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
  +-----------------------------+                              
  |                             +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
  |                                                            
  |                 +-------------- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |                 |                                          
  |  +--------------+  +----------- Toxolasma_parvum           
  |  |              |  |                                       
  |  |              +--+  +-------- Potamilus_leptodon         
  |  |                 |  |                                    
--+  |                 +--+     +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
  |  |                    |  +--+                              
  |  |                    |  |  +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
  |  |                    +--+                                 
  |  |                       |  +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      
  |  |                       +--+                              
  |  |                          +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  |  |                                                         
  |  |                       +----- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai 
  +--+           +-----------+                                 
     |           |           |  +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
     |           |           +--+                              
     |           |              +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
     |  +--------+                                             
     |  |        |              +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
     |  |        |  +-----------+                              
     |  |        |  |           +-- Potomida_littoralis        
     |  |        |  |                                          
     |  |        +--+           +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus 
     |  |           |  +--------+                              
     |  |           |  |        +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis      
     |  |           +--+                                       
     |  |              |  +-------- Parvasolenaia_rivularis    
     +--+              +--+                                    
        |                 |  +----- Microcondylaea_bonellii    
        |                 +--+                                 
        |                    |  +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
        |                    +--+                              
        |                       +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora      
        |                                                      
        |  +----------------------- Lamellidens_jenkinsianus   
        |  |                                                   
        |  |  +-------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati     
        +--+  |                                                
           |  |                 +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
           |  |        +--------+                              
           |  |        |        +-- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
           +--+  +-----+                                       
              |  |     |  +-------- Unio_pictorum              
              |  |     +--+                                    
              |  |        |  +----- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus  
              |  |        +--+                                 
              |  |           |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis      
              +--+           +--+                              
                 |              +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula     
                 |                                             
                 |              +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata     
                 |  +-----------+                              
                 |  |           +-- Lanceolaria_gladiola       
                 +--+                                          
                    |  +----------- Acuticosta_chinensis       
                    |  |                                       
                    +--+        +-- Anodonta_anatina           
                       |  +-----+                              
                       |  |     +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
                       +--+                                    
                          |  +----- Cristaria_plicata          
                          +--+                                 
                             |  +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
                             +--+                              
                                +-- Anemina_arcaeformis        
Cladogram Figure S5
                          +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
  +-----------------------+                              
  |                       +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
  |                                                      
  |     +-------------------- Lamellidens_jenkinsianus   
  |     |                                                
  |     |                 +-- Anodonta_anatina           
  |     |        +--------+                              
  |     |        |        +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |     |  +-----+                                       
  |  +--+  |     |  +-------- Cristaria_plicata          
  |  |  |  |     +--+                                    
  |  |  |  |        |  +----- Anemina_arcaeformis        
  |  |  |  |        +--+                                 
  |  |  |  |           |  +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
--+  |  |  |           +--+                              
  |  |  +--+              +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
  |  |     |                                             
  |  |     |           +----- Acuticosta_chinensis       
  |  |     |  +--------+                                 
  |  |     |  |        |  +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata     
  |  |     |  |        +--+                              
  |  |     |  |           +-- Lanceolaria_gladiola       
  |  |     +--+                                          
  |  |        |        +----- Lepidodesma_languilati     
  |  |        |  +-----+                                 
  |  |        |  |     |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
  |  |        |  |     +--+                              
  |  |        +--+        +-- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
  +--+           |                                       
     |           |  +-------- Unio_pictorum              
     |           +--+                                    
     |              |  +----- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus  
     |              +--+                                 
     |                 |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis      
     |                 +--+                              
     |                    +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula     
     |                                                   
     |        +-------------- Quadrula_quadrula          
     |        |                                          
     |     +--+  +----------- Toxolasma_parvum           
     |     |  |  |                                       
     |     |  +--+  +-------- Potamilus_leptodon         
     |     |     |  |                                    
     |     |     +--+     +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
     |     |        |  +--+                              
     |     |        |  |  +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
     |     |        +--+                                 
     |     |           |  +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      
     +-----+           +--+                              
           |              +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
           |                                             
           |           +----- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai 
           |  +--------+                                 
           |  |        |  +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
           |  |        +--+                              
           |  |           +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
           |  |                                          
           |  |           +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
           +--+        +--+                              
              |        |  +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora      
              |  +-----+                                 
              |  |     |  +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis    
              |  |     +--+                              
              |  |        +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii    
              +--+                                       
                 |        +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus 
                 |  +-----+                              
                 |  |     +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis      
                 +--+                                    
                    |  +----- Potomida_littoralis        
                    +--+                                 
                       |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
                       +--+                              
                          +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
 
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