The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Wu et al. (2024): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationWu, R., L. Liu, L. Zhang, X. Liu, Z. Hu et al. 2024. Diversity, morphology, and phylogeny of freshwater mussels of the genus Nodularia (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. Zoologica Scripta early online: 1-20. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
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+--------------+-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| |
| +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata
|
--+ +----- Nodularia_dorri
| +--------+
| | | +-- Nodularia_hanensis
| | +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_micheloti
+--+
| +----------- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
| | +-- Nodularia_fusiformans
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Nodularia_huana
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1
| +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
+--+
+-- Nodularia_douglasiae__2
Cladogram Figure 4_6
+-- Margaritifera_dahurica
+-----------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +----- Potomida_littoralis
--+ +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| |
+--+ +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| +--------------------+
| | | +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
| | +--+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| |
+--+ +----- Cristaria_plicata
| +-----------------+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| | +--+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
+--+
| +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus
| |
+--+ +----- Nodularia_dorri
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Nodularia_micheloti
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Nodularia_hanensis
|
| +-------------- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
+--+ +----------- Nodularia_huana
| |
+--+ +-------- Nodularia_fusiformans
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1
| +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
+--+
+-- Nodularia_douglasiae__2
Cladogram Figure 5
+-- Gibbosula_crassa
+-----------------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +----------------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
| | +----- Lanceolaria_gladiola
| | +-----------------+
| | | | +-- Lanceolaria_grayii
| | | +--+
--+ | | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| | |
| | | +-------------- Cristaria_plicata
| | +--------+ +-----+
| | | | | | +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis
| | | | | +--+
| | | | | | +-------- Beringiana_fukuharai
| | | | | +--+
| | | | | | +----- Sinanodonta_lucida
| | | | | +--+
+--+ | +--+ | +-- Sinanodonta_tumens
| | | +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| | |
| | | +----------------- Anodonta_nuttalliana
| | | |
| | | | +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata
| | | | +-----+
| | +--+ | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Anodonta_cygnea
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Anodonta_exulcerata
| | |
| | | +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| | | +-----+
+--+ | | | +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | | +--+
| +--+ +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| |
| | +-------- Lasmigona_complanata
| +--+
| | +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon
| +--+
| | +-- Alasmidonta_varicosa
| +--+
| +-- Platynaias_compressa
|
| +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| |
| +--------------------+ +-- Aculamprotula_coreana
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta
| | +--+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
| |
| | +-------------- Unio_tumidus
+--+ +-----------+
| | | +----------- Unio_nanus
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Unio_delphinus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
| | | +-- Unio_elongatulus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Unio_mancus
|
| +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
| |
| | +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus
| | +-----------+
| | | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Cuneopsis_rufescens
| | +--+
| | | +----- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Cuneopsis_demangei
| +--+
| +-- Cuneopsis_heudei
|
| +----- Nodularia_dorri
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Nodularia_hanensis
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Nodularia_micheloti
|
| +-------------- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
+--+ +----------- Nodularia_huana
| |
+--+ +-------- Nodularia_fusiformans
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1
| +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__2
+--+
+-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
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