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 CitationZieritz, 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(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2a
+----------------- Solenaia_emarginata
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| +-- Lens_inornatus
--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Lens_misellus
| |
| | +----- Lens_contradens
+--+ +-----+
| | | +-- Lens_lugens
| | +--+
| | +-- Lens_micropterus
+--+
| +----- Lens_pallegoixi
| +--+
| | | +-- Lens_comptus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lens_novoselovi
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| +----- Lens_maenamensis
+--+
| +-- Lens_rolfbrandti
+--+
+-- Lens_eximius
Cladogram Figure 4a
+-------------------- Pseudodon_mekongi
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--+ +----------------- Pilsbryoconcha_carinifera
| |
+--+ +-------------- Pilsbryoconcha_linguaeformis
| |
+--+ +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
| +--------+
| | +-- Pilsbryoconcha_schomburgki
+--+
| +-------- Pilsbryoconcha_hoikaab
+--+
| +----- Pilsbryoconcha_mekongiana
+--+
| +-- Pilsbryoconcha_acuta
+--+
+-- Pilsbryoconcha_kittitati
Cladogram Figure 5a
+-------------------- Namkongnaia_inkhavilayi
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--+ +----------------- 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
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--+ +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis
| |
+--+-- Rectidens_orientalis
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+-- Rectidens_lauris
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