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

Complete Citation

Hou, K., L. Zhang, L. Liu, X. Liu, J. Jia & R. Wu. 2024. Reappraising the species validity of Cuneopsis szechenyii comb. nov. (Neumayr, 1899) and revising the taxonomy of Middendorffinaia mongolica (Middendorff, 1851). Invertebrate Systematics 38, IS24071: 1-14. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
                    +-- Lamprotula_caveata           
  +-----------------+                                
  |                 +-- Lamprotula_leaii             
  |                                                  
  |        +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
  |        |                                         
--+  +-----+        +-- Cuneopsis_kiangsiensis       
  |  |     |  +-----+                                
  |  |     |  |     +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
  |  |     +--+                                      
  |  |        |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii         
  |  |        +--+                                   
  +--+           |  +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
     |           +--+                                
     |              +-- Cuneopsis_demangei           
     |                                               
     |  +-------------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
     |  |                                            
     +--+  +----------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica   
        |  |                                         
        +--+  +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
           |  |                                      
           +--+     +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
              |  +--+                                
              |  |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
              +--+                                   
                 |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_wuana        
                 +--+                                
                    +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
Cladogram Figure 4
                                                  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica       
  +-----------------------------------------------+                                
  |                                               +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera  
  |                                                                                
  |                                               +-- Lampsilis_cardium            
  |  +--------------------------------------------+                                
  |  |                                            +-- Quadrula_quadrula            
  |  |                                                                             
--+  |                                            +-- Lepidodesma_aligera          
  |  |  +-----------------------------------------+                                
  |  |  |                                         +-- Lepidodesma_languilati       
  |  |  |                                                                          
  |  |  |                                      +----- Lanceolaria_gladiola         
  |  |  |                    +-----------------+                                   
  |  |  |                    |                 |  +-- Lanceolaria_grayii           
  |  |  |                    |                 +--+                                
  +--+  |                    |                    +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata       
     |  |                    |                                                     
     |  |                    |        +-------------- Cristaria_plicata            
     |  |                    |  +-----+                                            
     |  |  +-----------------+  |     |  +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis          
     |  |  |                 |  |     +--+                                         
     |  |  |                 |  |        |  +-------- Beringiana_fukuharai         
     |  |  |                 |  |        +--+                                      
     |  |  |                 |  |           |  +----- Sinanodonta_lucida           
     |  |  |                 |  |           +--+                                   
     |  |  |                 |  |              |  +-- Sinanodonta_tumens           
     +--+  |                 +--+              +--+                                
        |  |                    |                 +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana         
        |  |                    |                                                  
        |  |                    |           +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata     
        |  |                    |  +--------+                                      
        |  |                    |  |        |  +----- Anodonta_anatina             
        |  |                    |  |        +--+                                   
        |  |                    |  |           |  +-- Anodonta_cygnea              
        |  |                    |  |           +--+                                
        |  |                    +--+              +-- Anodonta_exulcerata          
        |  |                       |                                               
        |  |                       |  +-------------- Anodonta_nuttalliana         
        |  |                       |  |                                            
        |  |                       |  |        +----- 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_gibbus                  
           |  |     +-----------------------------+                                
           |  |     |                             +-- Unio_tumidus                 
           |  |     |                                                              
           |  |     |                    +----------- Unio_terminalis              
           |  |  +--+  +-----------------+                                         
           |  |  |  |  |                 |  +-------- Unio_elongatulus             
           |  |  |  |  |                 +--+                                      
           +--+  |  |  |                    |  +----- Unio_pictorum                
              |  |  |  |                    +--+                                   
              |  |  +--+                       |  +-- Unio_delphinus               
              |  |     |                       +--+                                
              |  |     |                          +-- Unio_mancus                  
              |  |     |                                                           
              |  |     |  +-------------------------- Unio_tumidiformis            
              |  |     |  |                                                        
              |  |     +--+  +----------------------- Unio_desectus                
              |  |        |  |                                                     
              |  |        +--+  +-------------------- Unio_sesirmensis             
              |  |           |  |                                                  
              |  |           +--+  +----------------- Unio_ionicus                 
              |  |              |  |                                               
              |  |              +--+  +-------------- Unio_damascensis             
              |  |                 |  |                                            
              |  |                 |  |           +-- Unio_crassus                 
              +--+                 +--+  +--------+                                
                 |                    |  |        +-- Unio_gontierii               
                 |                    |  |                                         
                 |                    +--+        +-- Unio_bruguierianus           
                 |                       |  +-----+                                
                 |                       |  |     +-- Unio_mardinensis             
                 |                       +--+                                      
                 |                          |  +----- Unio_vicarius                
                 |                          +--+                                   
                 |                             |  +-- Unio_carneus                 
                 |                             +--+                                
                 |                                +-- Unio_nanus                   
                 |                                                                 
                 |        +-------------------------- Middendorffinaia_mongolica   
                 |        |                                                        
                 |        |                 +-------- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata     
                 |        |                 |                                      
                 |        |  +--------------+     +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis 
                 |        |  |              |  +--+                                
                 |        |  |              |  |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yemaoi       
                 +--------+  |              +--+                                   
                          |  |                 |  +-- Pseudocuneopsis_wuana        
                          |  |                 +--+                                
                          |  |                    +-- Pseudocuneopsis_yangshuoensis
                          |  |                                                     
                          |  |                    +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus    
                          |  |     +--------------+                                
                          +--+     |              +-- Schistodesmus_spinosus       
                             |  +--+                                               
                             |  |  |  +-------------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula       
                             |  |  |  |                                            
                             |  |  +--+  +----------- Cuneopsis_rufescens          
                             |  |     |  |                                         
                             |  |     +--+        +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis        
                             |  |        |  +-----+                                
                             |  |        |  |     +-- Cuneopsis_kiangsiensis       
                             |  |        +--+                                      
                             +--+           |  +----- Cuneopsis_szechenyii         
                                |           +--+                                   
                                |              |  +-- Cuneopsis_demangei           
                                |              +--+                                
                                |                 +-- Cuneopsis_heudei             
                                |                                                  
                                |              +----- Nodularia_dorri              
                                |  +-----------+                                   
                                |  |           |  +-- Nodularia_hanensis           
                                |  |           +--+                                
                                +--+              +-- Nodularia_micheloti          
                                   |                                               
                                   |  +-------------- Nodularia_breviconcha        
                                   |  |                                            
                                   +--+  +----------- Nodularia_huana              
                                      |  |                                         
                                      +--+  +-------- Nodularia_fusiformans        
                                         |  |                                      
                                         +--+     +-- Nodularia_douglasiae         
                                            |  +--+                                
                                            |  |  +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa         
                                            +--+                                   
                                               |  +-- Nodularia_nipponensis        
                                               +--+                                
                                                  +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae        
 
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