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

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Publication Zieritz et al. (2026): cladograms
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Zieritz, A., G.R. Sumaedi, M. Lopes-Lima, A.A. Rofiqoh, T. Richmond et al. 2026. The freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) of Java: first island-wide assessment reveals new species, endemism, and urgent conservation needs. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 206(2), zlaf198. 18 pp. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2a
  +----------------- Solenaia_emarginata
  |                                     
  |              +-- Lens_inornatus     
--+  +-----------+                      
  |  |           +-- Lens_misellus      
  |  |                                  
  |  |        +----- Lens_contradens    
  +--+  +-----+                         
     |  |     |  +-- Lens_lugens        
     |  |     +--+                      
     |  |        +-- Lens_micropterus   
     +--+                               
        |     +----- Lens_pallegoixi    
        |  +--+                         
        |  |  |  +-- Lens_comptus       
        |  |  +--+                      
        +--+     +-- Lens_novoselovi    
           |                            
           |  +----- Lens_maenamensis   
           +--+                         
              |  +-- Lens_rolfbrandti   
              +--+                      
                 +-- Lens_eximius       
Cladogram Figure 4a
  +-------------------- Pseudodon_mekongi           
  |                                                 
--+  +----------------- Pilsbryoconcha_carinifera   
  |  |                                              
  +--+  +-------------- Pilsbryoconcha_linguaeformis
     |  |                                           
     +--+           +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis       
        |  +--------+                               
        |  |        +-- Pilsbryoconcha_schomburgki  
        +--+                                        
           |  +-------- Pilsbryoconcha_hoikaab      
           +--+                                     
              |  +----- Pilsbryoconcha_mekongiana   
              +--+                                  
                 |  +-- Pilsbryoconcha_acuta        
                 +--+                               
                    +-- Pilsbryoconcha_kittitati    
Cladogram Figure 5a
  +-------------------- Namkongnaia_inkhavilayi   
  |                                               
--+  +----------------- Pseudodon_mekongi         
  |  |                                            
  |  |           +----- Pseudodon_lenyanensis__2  
  +--+  +--------+                                
     |  |        |  +-- Pseudodon_inoscularis     
     |  |        +--+                             
     +--+           +-- Pseudodon_lenyanensis__1  
        |                                         
        |  +----------- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
        +--+                                      
           |  +-------- Pseudodon_vagulus         
           +--+                                   
              |  +----- Pseudodon_cokelatus__2    
              +--+                                
                 |  +-- Pseudodon_walpolei        
                 +--+                             
                    +-- Pseudodon_cokelatus__1    
Cladogram Figure 7a
  +----- Hyriopsis_bialata    
  |                           
--+  +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis
  |  |                        
  +--+-- Rectidens_orientalis 
     |                        
     +-- Rectidens_lauris     
 
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