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

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Publication Konopleva et al. (2023): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Konopleva, E.S., I.N. Bolotov, I.V. Vikhrev, K. Inkhavilay, M.Yu. Gofarov et al. 2023. A freshwater mussel species reflects a Miocene stream capture between the Mekong Basin and East Asian rivers. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 29-43. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure S1_4
  +----------------------------------- Gibbosula_laosensis        
  |                                                               
  |                                +-- Trapezidens_exolescens     
  |                    +-----------+                              
  |                    |           +-- Lamellidens_savadiensis    
  |  +-----------------+                                          
  |  |                 |  +----------- Parreysia_rakhinensis      
  |  |                 +--+                                       
  |  |                    |  +-------- Leoparreysia_tavoyensis    
  |  |                    +--+                                    
  |  |                       |  +----- Indonaia_andersoniana      
  |  |                       +--+                                 
--+  |                          |  +-- Indochinella_pugio         
  |  |                          +--+                              
  |  |                             +-- Radiatula_mouhoti          
  |  |                                                            
  |  |                             +-- Lampsilis_ovata            
  |  |              +--------------+                              
  |  |              |              +-- Amblema_plicata            
  |  |              |                                             
  |  |              |     +----------- Sinosolenaia_recognita     
  |  |              |     |                                       
  |  |              |  +--+        +-- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri    
  |  |  +-----------+  |  |  +-----+                              
  +--+  |           |  |  |  |     +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis    
     |  |           |  |  +--+                                    
     |  |           |  |     |  +----- Gonidea_angulata           
     |  |           |  |     +--+                                 
     |  |           |  |        |  +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii    
     |  |           +--+        +--+                              
     |  |              |           +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi       
     |  |              |                                          
     |  |              |        +----- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai 
     |  |              |  +-----+                                 
     |  |              |  |     |  +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii   
     |  |              |  |     +--+                              
     |  |              +--+        +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
     |  |                 |                                       
     |  |                 |  +-------- Potomida_semirugata        
     |  |                 +--+                                    
     |  |                    |  +----- Pronodularia_japanensis    
     |  |                    +--+                                 
     |  |                       |  +-- Lamprotula_caveata         
     +--+                       +--+                              
        |                          +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
        |                                                         
        |           +----------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica 
        |           |                                             
        |           |        +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
        |           |  +-----+                                    
        |  +--------+  |     |  +----- Aculamprotula_scripta      
        |  |        |  |     +--+                                 
        |  |        |  |        |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
        |  |        |  |        +--+                              
        |  |        +--+           +-- Aculamprotula_coreana      
        |  |           |                                          
        |  |           |        +----- Unio_tumidus               
        |  |           |  +-----+                                 
        |  |           |  |     |  +-- Unio_pictorum              
        |  |           |  |     +--+                              
        |  |           +--+        +-- Unio_crassus               
        |  |              |                                       
        |  |              |  +-------- Nodularia_douglasiae       
        +--+              +--+                                    
           |                 |  +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula     
           |                 +--+                                 
           |                    |  +-- Cuneopsis_rufescens        
           |                    +--+                              
           |                       +-- Cuneopsis_szechenyii       
           |                                                      
           |                 +-------- Lepidodesma_languilati     
           |  +--------------+                                    
           |  |              |  +----- Lanceolaria_gladiola       
           |  |              +--+                                 
           |  |                 |  +-- Lanceolaria_grayii         
           |  |                 +--+                              
           +--+                    +-- Lanceolaria_triformis      
              |                                                   
              |  +-------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis       
              |  |                                                
              |  |              +----- Anodonta_anatina           
              |  |  +-----------+                                 
              +--+  |           |  +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata   
                 |  |           +--+                              
                 |  |              +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
                 |  |                                             
                 |  |        +-------- Anemina_arcaeformis        
                 +--+  +-----+                                    
                    |  |     |  +----- Amuranodonta_kijaensis     
                    |  |     +--+                                 
                    |  |        |  +-- Buldowskia_suifunica       
                    |  |        +--+                              
                    |  |           +-- Buldowskia_shadini         
                    +--+                                          
                       |     +-------- Beringiana_beringiana      
                       |  +--+                                    
                       |  |  |  +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii      
                       |  |  +--+                                 
                       |  |     |  +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
                       +--+     +--+                              
                          |        +-- Sinanodonta_lauta          
                          |                                       
                          |  +-------- Cristaria_radiata          
                          |  |                                    
                          +--+     +-- Cristaria_truncata         
                             |  +--+                              
                             |  |  +-- Cristaria_plicata          
                             +--+                                 
                                |  +-- Cristaria_bellua           
                                +--+                              
                                   +-- Cristaria_clessini         
 
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