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

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Bivalvia | Cardiida

superfamily CARDIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: cladomics
     1 family

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 38 (40 total)
number of subtaxa (rank: family) = 1
analyzed in 1 cladogram in 1 publication
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2 (mean = 2, median = 2)
maximum number of subtaxa (family) = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 1
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean = 2 median = 2)
maximum number of subtaxa (family) = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4424], fig. 5

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

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