The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Search the database pages:
Publication Schilling et al. (2025): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationSchilling, D.E., J.W. Jones, E.M. Hallerman, A.T. Phipps & G.R. Dinkins. 2025. Discovery of cryptic mussel biodiversity in the genera Pleurobema and Pleuronaia using molecular phylogenetics and morphology, with descriptions of a new species and a previously synonymized species. Diversity 17, 739: 1-39. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-- Lampsilis_ovata
+--------------+
| +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
|
--+ +-------------- Pleuronaia_gibber
| |
| | +----- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Pleuronaia_estabrookiana
| | +--+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
+--+
| +-- Pleurobema_parmaleei
| +-----+
| | +-- Pleurobema_oviforme
+--+
| +----- Fusconaia_subrotunda
+--+
| +-- Fusconaia_cor
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_cuneolus
Cladogram Figure 4
+-------------------- Lampsilis_fasciola
|
| +-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides__2
--+ |
| +--------------+-- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides__3
| | |
| | +-- Pleuronaia_barnesiana
+--+
| +-------------- Pleuronaia_dolabelloides__1
| |
| | +-- Pleuronaia_gibber
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Pleuronaia_estabrookiana
| |
+--+ +-- Pleurobema_parmaleei
| +-----+
| | +-- Pleurobema_oviforme
| |
+--+ +----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__1
| |
| +----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__2
| |
+--+----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__3
|
+----- Fusconaia_cuneolus__4
|
| +-- Fusconaia_subrotunda
+--+
+-- Fusconaia_cor
|
