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Publication Klymus et al. (2025): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationKlymus, K., J. Coombs, D. Ruiz-Ramos, A. Maloy & C. Barnhart. 2025. The complete mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater mussel Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819): male and female. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 10(6). Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 3A
+----------------------------- Pseudunio_marocanus
|
| +-------------------- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
| |
| | +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| | +--------+
| +-----+ | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Pyganodon_grandis
--+ | |
| | | +-------------- Scriptolamprotula_tortuosa
| | | |
| | | | +-------- Unio_tumidus
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ | | +----- Unio_nanus
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Unio_pictorum
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Unio_delphinus
| | |
| | | +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
+--+ | +-----+
| | | +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| +--+
| | +----- Nodularia_breviconcha
| +--+
| | +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| +--+
| +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
|
| +-------------- Quadrula_quadrula
| +--------+
| | | +----------- Potamilus_alatus
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | | +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_powellii
|
| +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| |
| | +-- Hyriopsis_bialata
| | +--+
+--+ | +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis
| +-----------+
| | | +-- Lens_contradens
| | +--+
| | +-- Physunio_superbus
+--+
| +-- Pseudodon_mekongi
| +-----------+
| | +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
| |
+--+ +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| +--------+
| | +-- Potomida_littoralis
+--+
| +-------- Parvasolenaia_rivularis
+--+
| +----- Microcondylaea_bonellii
+--+
| +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
+--+
+-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
Cladogram Figure 3B
+-------------------------- Pseudunio_marocanus
|
| +-------------- Quadrula_quadrula
| +--------+
| | | +----------- Potamilus_alatus
| | +--+
| | | +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
| | +--+
| | | +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_powellii
| |
| | +-- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii
| | +--------------+
| | | +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai
| | |
| | | +-- Hyriopsis_bialata
+--+ | +--+
| +--+ | +-- Rectidens_sumatrensis
| | | +--------+
| | | | | +-- Lens_contradens
| | | | +--+
| | | | +-- Physunio_superbus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pseudodon_mekongi
| | | +--------+
| | | | +-- Pilsbryoconcha_exilis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Lamprotula_caveata
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Potomida_littoralis
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Parvasolenaia_rivularis
+--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Microcondylaea_bonellii
| +--+
| | +-- Sinosolenaia_carinata
| +--+
| +-- Sinosolenaia_oleivora
|
| +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana
| +--------+
| | | +----- Anodonta_anatina
| | +--+
| | | +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
| | +--+
| | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
| |
+--+ +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
| +-----+
| | +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
| +-----+
| | | +----- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis
|
| +-- Scriptolamprotula_tortuosa
| +--------+
| | +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--+
| +-------- Unio_tumidus
+--+
| +----- Unio_nanus
+--+
| +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+
+-- Unio_delphinus
|
