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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 CitationDai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, Y.Z. Cheng, X.-C. Huang, S. Ouyang et al. 2024. Molecular phylogeny reveals a new genus and species of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae, Gonideinae) from Jiangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(4): 1419-1429. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--------------------------------------+
| +-- Gibbosula_laosensis
|
| +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--------------------------------+
| | | +-- Anemina_arcaeformis
--+ | +--+
| | +-- Cristaria_plicata
| |
| | +-- Khairuloconcha_lunbawangorum
| | +--------+
| | | +-- Khairuloconcha_sahanae
| | |
+--+ +-----------------------+ +-- Ensidens_ingallsianus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Hyriopsis_bialata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Physunio_superbus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lens_comptus
| | +--+
| | +-- Lens_contradens
| |
+--+ +----- Chamberlainia_hainesiana
| +--------------------------+
| | | +-- Sinohyriopsis_schlegelii
| | +--+
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| |
| | +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lamprotula_leaii
| | +-----------------------+
+--+ | | +-- Pronodularia_japanensis
| | +--+
| | +-- Potomida_semirugata
| |
| | +-------------------- Schepmania_nieuwenhuisi
| | |
| | +-----+ +----------------- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
| | | | |
| | | | | +----- Pseudodon_vagulus
+--+ | +--+ +--------+
| | | | | +-- Pseudodon_mekongi
| | | | +--+
| | | | +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Sundadontina_brandti
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Sundadontina_tanintharyiensis
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Nyeinchanconcha_nyeinchani
| | | |
+--+ +--+ +-- Bineurus_loeiensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Bineurus_anodontinum
| +--+
| | +-- Thaiconcha_callifera
| +--+
| +-- Thaiconcha_munelliptica
|
| +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--------------+
| | | +----- Sinosolenaia_recognita
| | +--+
| | | +-- Sinosolenaia_iridinea
| | +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
+--+
| +----- Gonidea_angulata
| +--------------+
| | | +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi
| | +--+
| | +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii
+--+
| +----------------- Pseudopostolata_angula
| |
| | +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Koreosolenaia_sitgyensis
| |
+--+ +-- Postolata_guangxiensis
| +--------+
| | +-- Postolata_longjiangensis
+--+
| +-------- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri
+--+
| +----- Obovalis_omiensis
+--+
| +-- Cosmopseudodon_resupinatus
+--+
+-- Cosmopseudodon_wenshanensis
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