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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae

genus Westralunio Iredale, 1934: cladomics
     4 valid species

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 4

analyzed in 12 cladograms in 6 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2, mean = 1.17

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 2
maximum number of included terminals = 2, mean = 2.0
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1.0

Klunzinger et al., 2021 [Publ 4086], fig. 2

*** Top Monophyly Cladogram ***

  +-- Westralunio_inbisi ** 
--+                      
  +-- Westralunio_carteri **

Graf et al., 2015 [Publ 3619], fig. 1

*** Top Sister-Group Cladogram ***

  +----------- Westralunio_carteri **
  |                               
  |     +----- Alathyria_jacksoni 
--+  +--+                         
  |  |  |  +-- Velesunio          
  |  |  +--+                      
  +--+     +-- Alathyria_profuga  
     |                            
     |  +----- Alathyria_pertexta 
     +--+                         
        |  +-- Microdontia        
        +--+                      
           +-- Lortiella          

Klunzinger et al., 2022 [Publ 4259], fig. 1

  +----- Velesunio          
--+                         
  |  +-- Westralunio_inbisi ** 
  +--+                      
     +-- Westralunio_carteri **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4

-- Westralunio_carteri

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2

-- Westralunio_carteri

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1-M

-- Westralunio_carteri

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2-M

-- Westralunio_carteri

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 4

-- Westralunio_carteri

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3

-- Westralunio_carteri

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1

-- Westralunio_carteri

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2

-- Westralunio_carteri

Santos-Neto et al., 2016 [Publ 3739], fig. 2a_b

-- Westralunio_carteri

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