The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Publication Smith (2021): cladograms publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationSmith, C.H. 2021. A high-quality reference genome for a parasitic bivalve with doubly uniparental inheritance (Bivalvia: Unionida). Genome Biology and Evolution 13(3). evab029 (pp. 1-8). Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+----------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea
|
| +-- Etheria_elliptica
--+ +-----------------------+
| | +-- Aspatharia_pfeifferiana
| |
| | +----------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--+ |
| | +----- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | +-----+
| | | | +-- Lens_contradens
| | | +--+
+--+ +--------+ +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | |
| | | +-------- Scabies_phaselus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Cristaria_plicata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
|
| +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus
| +--------------+
| | +-- Megalonaias_nervosa
| |
+--+ +-- Elliptio_crassidens
| +-----------+
| | +-- Elliptio_complanata
+--+
| +----------- Amblema_plicata
+--+
| +-------- Potamilus_streckersoni
+--+
| +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_cardium
|