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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 Citation

Chen, 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

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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                  
 
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