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 CitationDai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, C.-L. Hu, P.-F. Ning, S. Ouyang et al. 2024. Taxonomic reassessment of Scabies (Bivalvia: Unionidae) species in China based on multilocus and mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses. Invertebrate Systematics 38(6): 1-18. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-------------------------- Scabies_scobinatus
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--+ +----------------------- Unio_crassus
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| | +----- Aculamprotula_scripta
+--+ +--------------+
| | | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lepidodesma_languilati
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| +----------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
| |
+--+ +-------------- Inversiunio_jokohamensis
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+--+ +----------- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
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+--+ +-------- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_fusiformans
+--+
+-- Nodularia_huana
Cladogram Figure 5-BI
+-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--------------------------+
| +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
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| +----- Trapezidens_exolescens
--+ +--------------------+
| | | +-- Scabies_scobinatus
| | +--+
| | +-- Scabies_crispata
| |
+--+ +----------------------- Acuticosta_chinensis
| |
| +----------------------- Anemina_arcaeformis
| |
| +----------------------- Anodonta_anatina
+--+
| +-------------------- Lanceolaria_grayii
| |
| | +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
| +-----------------+
+--+ +-- Lepidodesma_languilati
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| +----------------- Unio_crassus
| |
+--+ +-------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
| |
| | +----------- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
+--+ |
| | +-- Inversiunio_jokohamensis
| +--------+
| | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_huana
| +-----+
| | +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
| +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__2
+--+
+-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
Cladogram Figure 5-ML
+-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--------------------------------+
| +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
|
--+ +----- Trapezidens_exolescens
| +--------------------------+
| | | +-- Scabies_scobinatus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Scabies_crispata
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| +----------------------------- Anodonta_anatina
| |
+--+ +-- Acuticosta_chinensis
| +-----------------------+
| | +-- Anemina_arcaeformis
+--+
| +----------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Lanceolaria_grayii
| |
+--+ +----------------- Aculamprotula_scripta
| |
+--+ +-------------- Unio_crassus
| |
| | +----------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica
+--+ |
| | +----- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Inversiunio_jokohamensis
| | +--+
| | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
| +--+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1
| |
| | +-- Nodularia_huana
+--+--+
| +-- Nodularia_breviconcha
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| +-- Nodularia_douglasiae__2
+--+
+-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
Cladogram Figure 6
+-------- Quadrula_quadrula
+--------------------------+
| | +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_powellii
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
|
| +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
| +-----------+
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| |
--+ | +-------- Potomida_littoralis
| +-----------------+ +--+
| | | | | +----- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+ +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | |
| | | +-------- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
| | +--+
| | | +----- Parvasolenaia_rivularis
+--+ +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--+
| +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
|
| +----------------------------- Lepidodesma_languilati
| |
| | +----------- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| | +--------------+
| | | | +-------- Acuticosta_chinensis
| | | +--+
+--+ | | +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| | +--+
| | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| |
+--+ +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa
| |
| +--------------+ +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Aculamprotula_scripta
| | +--+
| | | +-- Aculamprotula_coreana
| | +--+
| | +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis
| |
+--+ +-------------- Unio_tumidus
| +-----+
| | | +----------- Unio_nanus
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Unio_delphinus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Unio_pictorum
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Unio_elongatulus
| +--+
| +-- Unio_mancus
|
| +----------------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata
| |
| | +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
+--+ +-----+
| | | +----- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| | +--+
| | | +-- Cuneopsis_heudei
+--+ +--+
| +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
|
| +----------- Nodularia_breviconcha
+--+
| +-------- Nodularia_fusiformans
+--+
| +----- Nodularia_douglasiae__2
+--+
| +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae
+--+
+-- Nodularia_douglasiae__1
|