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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Dai et al. (2026): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationDai, Y.-T., Z.-G. Chen, H. Chen, B.-W. Niu, D.-C. Jia et al. 2026. A new species of Cristaria Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Sichuan, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(1): 87-95h. Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3
+-- Gibbosula_laosensis
+--------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
|
| +-- Scabies_crispata
| +-----------------------+
| | +-- Trapezidens_exolescens
--+ |
| | +-------------- Amuranodonta_kijaensis
| | |
| | +--------+ +----------- Anemina_harlandi
| | | | |
| | | +--+ +-------- Buldowskia_suifunica
+--+ | | |
| | +--+ +-- Buldowskia_flavotincta
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Buldowskia_shadini
| | +--+
| | | +-- Buldowskia_iwakawai
| | +--+
| | +-- Buldowskia_kamiyai
| |
+--+ +----------------- Cristaria_wangyucheni
| |
| +--+ +-------------- Cristaria_bellua
| | | |
| | +--+ +----------- Cristaria_clessini
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Cristaria_plicata
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Cristaria_truncata
| | +--+
| | | +----- Cristaria_radiata__2
| | | |
| | +--+----- Cristaria_radiata__3
+--+ |
| | +-- Cristaria_liboi
| +--+
| +-- Cristaria_radiata__1
|
| +-------- Pletholophus_honglinhensis
| +--------+
| | | +----- Pletholophus_guangzhouensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pletholophus_tenuis
| | +--+
| | +-- Pletholophus_reinianus
+--+
| +-------- Beringiana_japonica
| +-----+
| | | +----- Beringiana_beringiana
| | +--+
| | | +-- Beringiana_fukuharai
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Beringiana_gosannensis
|
| +-- Sinanodonta_lucida
| +--------+
| | +-- Sinanodonta_angula
| |
+--+ +----- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--+
| | | +-- Sinanodonta_lauta
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Sinanodonta_pacifica
|
| +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii
+--+
| +-- Sinanodonta_calipygos
+--+
+-- Sinanodonta_tumens
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