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

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Publication Dai et al. (2025): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Dai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, F. Li, X.-C. Huang, S. Ouyang & X.-P. Wu. 2025. A new genus and species of freshwater mussel from the Pearl River Basin in Guangxi, China (Bivalvia, Unionidae, Gonideinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 805-812. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
                                         +-- Gibbosula_laosensis          
  +--------------------------------------+                                
  |                                      +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera  
  |                                                                       
  |                                   +----- 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       
        |  |                                                              
        |  |                       +-------- Potomida_semirugata          
        |  |  +--------------------+                                      
        |  |  |                    |  +----- Pronodularia_japanensis      
        +--+  |                    +--+                                   
           |  |                       |  +-- Lamprotula_caveata           
           |  |                       +--+                                
           |  |                          +-- Lamprotula_leaii             
           |  |                                                           
           |  |        +-------------------- Schepmania_nieuwenhuisi      
           |  |        |                                                  
           |  |  +-----+  +----------------- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis        
           |  |  |     |  |                                               
           +--+  |     |  |           +----- Pseudodon_cambodjensis       
              |  |     +--+  +--------+                                   
              |  |        |  |        |  +-- Pseudodon_mekongi            
              |  |        |  |        +--+                                
              |  |        |  |           +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus   
              |  |        +--+                                            
              |  |           |           +-- Sundadontina_brandti         
              |  |           |  +--------+                                
              |  |           |  |        +-- Sundadontina_tanintharyiensis
              |  |           +--+                                         
              |  |              |  +-------- Nyeinchanconcha_nyeinchani   
              |  |              |  |                                      
              +--+              +--+     +-- Bineurus_loeiensis           
                 |                 |  +--+                                
                 |                 |  |  +-- Bineurus_mouhotii            
                 |                 +--+                                   
                 |                    |  +-- Thaiconcha_callifera         
                 |                    +--+                                
                 |                       +-- Thaiconcha_munelliptica      
                 |                                                        
                 |                 +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata        
                 |  +--------------+                                      
                 |  |              |  +----- Sinosolenaia_recognita       
                 |  |              +--+                                   
                 |  |                 |  +-- Sinosolenaia_iridinea        
                 |  |                 +--+                                
                 |  |                    +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora        
                 +--+                                                     
                    |                 +----- Gonidea_angulata             
                    |  +--------------+                                   
                    |  |              |  +-- Leguminaia_wheatleyi         
                    |  |              +--+                                
                    |  |                 +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii      
                    +--+                                                  
                       |  +----------------- Pseudopostolata_angula       
                       |  |                                               
                       |  |              +-- Koreosolenaia_sitgyensis     
                       +--+  +-----------+                                
                          |  |           +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis      
                          |  |                                            
                          +--+           +-- Postolata_guangxiensis       
                             |  +--------+                                
                             |  |        +-- Postolata_longjiangensis     
                             |  |                                         
                             +--+        +-- Obovalis_omiensis            
                                |  +-----+                                
                                |  |     +-- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri      
                                +--+                                      
                                   |  +----- Guiunio_rarus                
                                   +--+                                   
                                      |  +-- Cosmopseudodon_resupinatus   
                                      +--+                                
                                         +-- Cosmopseudodon_wenshanensis  
 
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