The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Chen et al. (2023): cladograms publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationChen, Z.-G., Y.-T. Dai, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2023. Unveiling the identity of Diaurora Cockerell, 1903(Bivalvia, Unionidae): morphology, molecular phylogenetics, and the description of a new species. ZooKeys 1173: 131-144. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
+-----------------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
|
| +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| +--+
| | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
--+ +-----------------------------+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
| | +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca
+--+ |
| +-----------------------------+-- Indonaia_andersoniana
| | |
| | +-- Parreysia_nagpoorensis
| |
| | +-- Anemina_arcaeformis
+--+ +--------------------------+
| | +-- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| |
| | +----- Pletholophus_tenuis
| | +--------------------+
| | | | +-- Sinanodonta_jourdyi
+--+ | +--+
| | +-- Beringiana_beringiana
| |
| | +----------------------- Lanceolaria_gladiola
| | |
| | +----------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis
+--+ |
| +----------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
| +----------------------- Lanceolaria_oxyrhyncha
| |
| +----------------------- Cristaria_plicata
| |
| | +-- Alasmidonta_marginata
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Lasmigona_costata
+-----------------+
| | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| +--+
| +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata
|
| +-------------------- Aculamprotula_fibrosa
| |
| | +----- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| | +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
| | +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Cuneopsis_szechenyii
| |
| | +-- Diaurora_aurorea
| | +--+
| | | +-- Diaurora_laeve
| +--------+
+--+ | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| +--+
| +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus
|
| +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
| +--------+
| | +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata
| |
+--+ +-- Inversiunio_yanagawensis
| +-----+
| | +-- Inversiunio_reinianus
+--+
| +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
+--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+
+-- Unio_nanus
Cladogram Figure 2
+-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii
+--------------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_dahurica
|
| +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| +--+
| | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
--+ +--------------------------+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
| | +-- Quadrula_quadrula
| |
| | +----- Parreysia_nagpoorensis
+--+ +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca
| | +--+
| | +-- Indonaia_andersoniana
| |
| | +-------------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis
+--+ |
| | +----------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| | |
| | | +-- Lanceolaria_gladiola
| | | +--------------+
| | | | +-- Lanceolaria_oxyrhyncha
| | | |
+--+ | | +-- Alasmidonta_marginata
| +-----+ +--+
| | | | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| | | +--------+
| | | | | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata
| | |
| | | +----------- Cristaria_plicata
+--+ | |
| +--+ +-- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| +--+
| | +----- Pletholophus_tenuis
| +--+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_jourdyi
| +--+
| +-- Beringiana_beringiana
|
| +-------------------- Aculamprotula_fibrosa
| |
| | +----- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| | +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
| | +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Cuneopsis_szechenyii
| |
| | +-- Diaurora_aurorea
| | +--+
| | | +-- Diaurora_laeve
| +--------+
+--+ | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| +--+
| +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus
|
| +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
| +--------+
| | +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata
| |
+--+ +-- Inversiunio_yanagawensis
| +-----+
| | +-- Inversiunio_reinianus
+--+
| +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
+--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+
+-- Unio_nanus
|