The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Stewart et al. (2021): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationStewart, D.T., C.M. Stephenson, L.M. Stanton, E.E. Chase, B.M. Robicheau et al. 2021. A proposed method for analyzing molecular signatures to detect hermaphroditism in freshwater mussels: a case study using the eastern oater (Pyganodon cataracta). Canadian Journal of Zoology 99(6): 450-458. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 1
+----- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+--------------+
| | +-- Margaritifera_falcata
| +--+
| +-- Margaritifera_marrianae
|
--+ +----- Toxolasma_paulum
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Toxolasma_glans
| | +--+
| | +-- Toxolasma_parvum
| |
+--+ +-- Alasmidonta_marginata
| +-----------+
| | +-- Pterosyna_complanata
| |
| | +----- Strophitus_undulatus
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Platynaias_compressa
| | +--+
| | +-- Platynaias_subviridis
+--+
| +----- Pyganodon_grandis
| +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon_cataracta
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Pyganodon_lacustris
|
| +----- Utterbackia_peninsularis__2
+--+
| +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis
+--+
+-- Utterbackia_peninsularis__1
|
