The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Neemuchwala et al. (2023): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationNeemuchwala, S., N.A. Johnson, J.M. Pfeiffer, M. Lopes-Lima, A. Gomes-dos-Santos et al. 2023. Coevolution with host fishes shapes parasitic life histories in a group of freshwater mussels (Unionidae: Quadrulini). Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biology 2(1): 1-25. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-------------------------------- Gonidea_angulata
|
| +-------- Pleurobema_strodeanum
| +--------------------+
--+ | | +----- Amblema_plicata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Popenaias_popeii
|
| +-------------------------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| |
| | +-------- Uniomerus_carolinianus
| | +--------------+
+--+ | | +----- Uniomerus_columbensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus
| | +--+
| | +-- Uniomerus_declivis
+--+
| +-------- Theliderma_cylindrica
| +-----------+
| | | +----- Theliderma_metanevra
| | +--+
| | | +-- Theliderma_sparsa
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Theliderma_johnsoni
|
| +----------------- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
| |
| | +-------- Quadrula_nobilis
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +----- Quadrula_verrucosa
| | +--+
| | | +-- Quadrula_fragosa
| | +--+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
+--+
| +----- Pustulosa_nodulata
| +-----+
| | | +-- Pustulosa_necki
| | +--+
| | +-- Pustulosa_petrina
+--+
| +-- Pustulosa_kieneriana
| +-----+
| | +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa
+--+
| +----- Pustulosa_succissa
+--+
| +-- Pustulosa_infucata
+--+
+-- Pustulosa_kleiniana
|
