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

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Publication Dai et al. (2024): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Dai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, K.-J. Peng, S. Ouyang, X.-C. Huang & X.-P. Wu. 2024. Revisiting the genus Pseudocuneopsis (Bivalvia, Unionidae): Morphology, mitochondrial phylogenomics, and the description of a new species. Zoologica Scripta 53: 323-337. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 3
           +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus    
  +--------+                                
  |        +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
--+                                         
  |  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
  +--+                                      
     |  +----- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
     +--+                                   
        |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
        +--+                                
           +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
Cladogram Figure 4
                                         +-- Gibbosula_rochechouartii     
  +--------------------------------------+                                
  |                                      +-- Margaritifera_dahurica       
  |                                                                       
  |                                      +-- Quadrula_quadrula            
  |                 +--------------------+                                
  |                 |                    +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus        
  |                 |                                                     
  |  +--------------+                    +-- Elliptio_complanata          
  |  |              |  +-----------------+                                
  |  |              |  |                 +-- Pleurobema_oviforme          
  |  |              +--+                                                  
  |  |                 |  +----------------- Amblema_plicata              
--+  |                 |  |                                               
  |  |                 +--+  +-------------- Popenaias_popeii             
  |  |                    |  |                                            
  |  |                    +--+  +----------- Toxolasma_parvum             
  |  |                       |  |                                         
  |  |                       +--+        +-- Potamilus_leptodon           
  |  |                          |  +-----+                                
  |  |                          |  |     +-- Potamilus_alatus             
  |  |                          +--+                                      
  |  |                             |  +----- Leaunio_lienosus             
  |  |                             +--+                                   
  |  |                                |  +-- Lampsilis_cardium            
  |  |                                +--+                                
  +--+                                   +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis  
     |                                                                    
     |                                   +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai   
     |                    +--------------+                                
     |                    |              +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii       
     |                    |                                               
     |                    |           +----- Potomida_littoralis          
     |  +-----------------+  +--------+                                   
     |  |                 |  |        |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii             
     |  |                 |  |        +--+                                
     |  |                 |  |           +-- Pronodularia_japanensis      
     |  |                 +--+                                            
     |  |                    |           +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus   
     |  |                    |  +--------+                                
     |  |                    |  |        +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis        
     |  |                    +--+                                         
     |  |                       |  +-------- Microcondylaea_bonellii      
     |  |                       +--+                                      
     |  |                          |  +----- Sinosolenaia_oleivora        
     +--+                          +--+                                   
        |                             |  +-- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri      
        |                             +--+                                
        |                                +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis      
        |                                                                 
        |  +-------------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati       
        |  |                                                              
        |  |              +----------------- Lanceolaria_gladiola         
        |  |              |                                               
        |  |  +-----------+  +-------------- Acuticosta_chinensis         
        |  |  |           |  |                                            
        |  |  |           |  |        +----- Cristaria_plicata            
        +--+  |           +--+  +-----+                                   
           |  |              |  |     |  +-- Anemina_arcaeformis          
           |  |              |  |     +--+                                
           |  |              +--+        +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana         
           |  |                 |                                         
           |  |                 |  +-------- Anodonta_anatina             
           |  |                 +--+                                      
           +--+                    |  +----- Platynaias_compressa         
              |                    +--+                                   
              |                       |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis            
              |                       +--+                                
              |                          +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis       
              |                                                           
              |                          +-- Aculamprotula_scripta        
              |  +-----------------------+                                
              |  |                       +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis  
              |  |                                                        
              |  |                       +-- Unio_nanus                   
              +--+  +--------------------+                                
                 |  |                    +-- Unio_delphinus               
                 |  |                                                     
                 |  |              +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
                 +--+  +-----------+                                      
                    |  |           |  +----- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
                    |  |           +--+                                   
                    |  |              |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
                    |  |              +--+                                
                    +--+                 +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
                       |                                                  
                       |                 +-- Nodularia_breviconcha        
                       |  +--------------+                                
                       |  |              +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
                       |  |                                               
                       +--+              +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus    
                          |  +-----------+                                
                          |  |           +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus       
                          +--+                                            
                             |  +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
                             +--+                                         
                                |  +-------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
                                +--+                                      
                                   |  +----- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
                                   +--+                                   
                                      |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
                                      +--+                                
                                         +-- Cuneopsis_demangei           
 
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