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

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

Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., J. Sonowal, D. Kardong, R. Pasupuleti, N.V. Subba Rao et al. 2024. Discovery of an endemism hotspot of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Assam, with a description of two new genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(4): 1-19. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
                          +----------------- Balwantia_soleniformis     
                    +-----+                                             
                    |     |  +-------------- Trapezidens_mogaungensis   
                    |     +--+                                          
                    |        |  +----------- Trapezidens_exolescens     
                    |        +--+                                       
                    |           |  +-------- Trapezidens_scutum         
                    |           +--+                                    
                    |              |  +----- Trapezidens_yeti           
  +-----------------+              +--+                                 
  |                 |                 |  +-- Trapezidens_angustior      
  |                 |                 +--+                              
  |                 |                    +-- Trapezidens_dolichorhynchus
  |                 |                                                   
  |                 |                    +-- Lamellidens_nongyangensis  
  |                 |  +-----------------+                              
  |                 |  |                 +-- Lamellidens_corrianus      
  |                 |  |                                                
  |                 +--+                 +-- Lamellidens_savadiensis    
  |                    |  +--------------+                              
  |                    |  |              +-- Lamellidens_chindwinensis  
  |                    +--+                                             
  |                       |  +-------------- Lamellidens_ferrugineus    
  |                       +--+                                          
  |                          |  +----------- Lamellidens_marginalis     
  |                          +--+                                       
  |                             |  +-------- Lamellidens_generosus      
  |                             +--+                                    
  |                                |  +----- Lamellidens_mainwaringi    
  |                                +--+                                 
  |                                   |  +-- Lamellidens_jenkinsianus   
  |                                   +--+                              
--+                                      +-- Lamellidens_lamellatus     
  |                                                                     
  |                                      +-- Leoparreysia_burmana       
  |                                +-----+                              
  |                                |     +-- Leoparreysia_whitteni      
  |                       +--------+                                    
  |                       |        |  +----- Leoparreysia_olivacea      
  |                       |        +--+                                 
  |                       |           |  +-- Leoparreysia_canefrii      
  |  +--------------------+           +--+                              
  |  |                    |              +-- Leoparreysia_tavoyensis    
  |  |                    |                                             
  |  |                    |  +-------------- Assamnaia_involuta         
  |  |                    |  |                                          
  |  |                    +--+           +-- Parreysia_keralaensis      
  |  |                       |  +--------+                              
  |  |                       |  |        +-- Parreysia_marcens          
  |  |                       +--+                                       
  |  |                          |  +-------- Parreysia_rakhinensis      
  |  |                          +--+                                    
  |  |                             |  +----- Parreysia_corrugata        
  |  |                             +--+                                 
  |  |                                |  +-- Parreysia_plagiosoma       
  +--+                                +--+                              
     |                                   +-- Parreysia_nagpoorensis     
     |                                                                  
     |                             +-------- Nitia_teretiuscula         
     |  +--------------------------+                                    
     |  |                          |  +----- Coelatura_aegyptiaca       
     |  |                          +--+                                 
     |  |                             |  +-- Coelatura_kunenensis       
     |  |                             +--+                              
     |  |                                +-- Nyassunio_nyassaensis      
     |  |                                                               
     |  |           +----------------------- Pseudoscabies_scobina      
     |  |           |                                                   
     |  |  +--------+  +-------------------- Indonaia_cylindrica        
     +--+  |        |  |                                                
        |  |        +--+  +----------------- Indonaia_gratiosa          
        |  |           |  |                                             
        |  |           +--+  +-------------- Indonaia_corbis            
        |  |              |  |                                          
        |  |              +--+  +----------- Indonaia_andersoniana      
        |  |                 |  |                                       
        |  |                 +--+        +-- Indonaia_caerulea          
        |  |                    |  +-----+                              
        |  |                    |  |     +-- Indonaia_subclathrata      
        +--+                    +--+                                    
           |                       |  +----- Indonaia_rugosa            
           |                       +--+                                 
           |                          |  +-- Indonaia_bonneaudii        
           |                          +--+                              
           |                             +-- Indonaia_shurtleffiana     
           |                                                            
           |  +----------------------------- Indochinella_pugio         
           |  |                                                         
           |  |                 +----------- Radiatula_crispisulcata    
           |  |                 |                                       
           |  |                 |     +----- Radiatula_chaudhurii       
           +--+  +--------------+  +--+                                 
              |  |              |  |  |  +-- Radiatula_myitkyinae       
              |  |              |  |  +--+                              
              |  |              +--+     +-- Radiatula_kachinensis      
              |  |                 |                                    
              |  |                 |  +----- Radiatula_chindwinensis    
              +--+                 +--+                                 
                 |                    |  +-- Radiatula_myitthanensis    
                 |                    +--+                              
                 |                       +-- Radiatula_mouhoti          
                 |                                                      
                 |  +----------------------- Scabiellus_songkramensis   
                 |  |                                                   
                 +--+  +-------------------- Harmandia_somboriensis     
                    |  |                                                
                    +--+  +----------------- Unionetta_fabagina         
                       |  |                                             
                       +--+              +-- Scabies_crispata           
                          |  +-----------+                              
                          |  |           +-- Scabies_mandarinus         
                          +--+                                          
                             |  +----------- Scabies_nucleus            
                             |  |                                       
                             +--+        +-- Scabies_humilis            
                                |  +-----+                              
                                |  |     +-- Scabies_pilata             
                                +--+                                    
                                   |  +----- Scabies_phaselus           
                                   +--+                                 
                                      |  +-- Scabies_anceps             
                                      +--+                              
                                         +-- Scabies_scobinatus         
Cladogram Figure S1
  +----------------------------------------------------- Indopseudodon_kayinensis   
  |                                                                                 
  |                                                  +-- Parreysia_keralaensis      
  |                                         +--------+                              
  |                                         |        +-- Parreysia_marcens          
  |  +--------------------------------------+                                       
  |  |                                      |  +-------- Parreysia_corrugata        
  |  |                                      +--+                                    
  |  |                                         |  +----- Parreysia_nagpoorensis     
  |  |                                         +--+                                 
  |  |                                            |  +-- Parreysia_plagiosoma       
  |  |                                            +--+                              
--+  |                                               +-- Parreysia_rakhinensis      
  |  |                                                                              
  |  |                                               +-- Leoparreysia_whitteni      
  |  |                                         +-----+                              
  |  |                                         |     +-- Leoparreysia_burmana       
  |  |                          +--------------+                                    
  |  |                          |              |  +----- Leoparreysia_olivacea      
  |  |                          |              +--+                                 
  |  |                          |                 |  +-- Leoparreysia_tavoyensis    
  |  |                          |                 +--+                              
  |  |                          |                    +-- Leoparreysia_canefrii      
  |  |                          |                                                   
  +--+                          |     +----------------- Balwantia_soleniformis     
     |  +-----------------------+  +--+                                             
     |  |                       |  |  |  +-------------- Trapezidens_mogaungensis   
     |  |                       |  |  +--+                                          
     |  |                       |  |     |  +----------- Trapezidens_exolescens     
     |  |                       |  |     +--+                                       
     |  |                       |  |        |  +-------- Trapezidens_scutum         
     |  |                       |  |        +--+                                    
     |  |                       |  |           |  +----- Trapezidens_yeti           
     |  |                       |  |           +--+                                 
     |  |                       +--+              |  +-- Trapezidens_dolichorhynchus
     |  |                          |              +--+                              
     |  |                          |                 +-- Trapezidens_angustior      
     |  |                          |                                                
     |  |                          |           +-------- Lamellidens_savadiensis    
     |  |                          |     +-----+                                    
     |  |                          |     |     |  +----- Lamellidens_chindwinensis  
     |  |                          |     |     +--+                                 
     |  |                          |     |        |  +-- Lamellidens_corrianus      
     |  |                          |     |        +--+                              
     +--+                          +-----+           +-- Lamellidens_nongyangensis  
        |                                |                                          
        |                                |           +-- Lamellidens_marginalis     
        |                                |  +--------+                              
        |                                |  |        +-- Lamellidens_ferrugineus    
        |                                +--+                                       
        |                                   |  +-------- Lamellidens_generosus      
        |                                   +--+                                    
        |                                      |  +----- Lamellidens_mainwaringi    
        |                                      +--+                                 
        |                                         |  +-- Lamellidens_jenkinsianus   
        |                                         +--+                              
        |                                            +-- Lamellidens_lamellatus     
        |                                                                           
        |  +-------------------------------------------- Assamnaia_involuta         
        |  |                                                                        
        |  |                                   +-------- Nitia_teretiuscula         
        |  |  +--------------------------------+                                    
        |  |  |                                |  +----- Coelatura_aegyptiaca       
        |  |  |                                +--+                                 
        +--+  |                                   |  +-- Nyassunio_nyassaensis      
           |  |                                   +--+                              
           |  |                                      +-- Coelatura_kunenensis       
           |  |                                                                     
           |  |                    +-------------------- Pseudoscabies_scobina      
           |  |                    |                                                
           |  |  +-----------------+                 +-- Indonaia_cylindrica        
           +--+  |                 |  +--------------+                              
              |  |                 |  |              +-- Indonaia_gratiosa          
              |  |                 +--+                                             
              |  |                    |  +-------------- Indonaia_corbis            
              |  |                    |  |                                          
              |  |                    +--+  +----------- Indonaia_andersoniana      
              |  |                       |  |                                       
              |  |                       +--+        +-- Indonaia_caerulea          
              |  |                          |  +-----+                              
              |  |                          |  |     +-- Indonaia_subclathrata      
              +--+                          +--+                                    
                 |                             |  +----- Indonaia_shurtleffiana     
                 |                             +--+                                 
                 |                                |  +-- Indonaia_bonneaudii        
                 |                                +--+                              
                 |                                   +-- Indonaia_rugosa            
                 |                                                                  
                 |  +----------------------------------- Indochinella_pugio         
                 |  |                                                               
                 |  |                                +-- Radiatula_myitkyinae       
                 |  |                    +-----------+                              
                 |  |                    |           +-- Radiatula_kachinensis      
                 +--+  +-----------------+                                          
                    |  |                 |  +----------- Radiatula_chaudhurii       
                    |  |                 +--+                                       
                    |  |                    |  +-------- Radiatula_crispisulcata    
                    |  |                    +--+                                    
                    |  |                       |  +----- Radiatula_mouhoti          
                    +--+                       +--+                                 
                       |                          |  +-- Radiatula_myitthanensis    
                       |                          +--+                              
                       |                             +-- Radiatula_chindwinensis    
                       |                                                            
                       |  +----------------------------- Scabiellus_songkramensis   
                       +--+                                                         
                          |  +-------------------------- Harmandia_somboriensis     
                          +--+                                                      
                             |  +----------------------- Unionetta_fabagina         
                             +--+                                                   
                                |  +-------------------- Scabies_crispata           
                                +--+                                                
                                   |  +----------------- Scabies_mandarinus         
                                   +--+                                             
                                      |  +-------------- Scabies_nucleus            
                                      +--+                                          
                                         |  +----------- Scabies_pilata             
                                         +--+                                       
                                            |  +-------- Scabies_humilis            
                                            +--+                                    
                                               |  +----- Scabies_anceps             
                                               +--+                                 
                                                  |  +-- Scabies_phaselus           
                                                  +--+                              
                                                     +-- Scabies_scobinatus         
 
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