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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Arcidens Simpson, 1900: cladomics
     3 valid species

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 3

analyzed in 8 cladograms in 6 publications
maximum number of terminal species in an analysis = 2, mean = 1.38

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 3
maximum number of included species = 2, mean = 2.0
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 0.67

Inoue et al., 2018, fig. 1, 3a-c

  +-- Alasmidonta_marginata      
  |                              
  +-- Alasmidonta_heterodon      
  |                              
  +-- Alasmidonta_undulata       
  |                              
  +-- Beringiana_beringiana      
  |                              
  +-- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |                              
  +-- Anodonta_nuttalliana       
  |                              
  +-- Anodonta_oregonensis       
  |                              
  +-- Arcidens_confragosus **       
  |                              
  +-- Arcidens_wheeleri **          
  |                              
  +-- Lasmigona_complanata       
  |                              
--+-- Lasmigona_compressa        
  |                              
  +-- Lasmigona_costata          
  |                              
  +-- Lasmigona_decorata         
  |                              
  +-- Lasmigona_subviridis       
  |                              
  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |                              
  +-- Pyganodon_lacustris        
  |                              
  +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus  
  |                              
  +-- Strophitus_undulatus       
  |                              
  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
  |                              
  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis[1]
  |                              
  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis[2]

  +-------- Lasmigona_costata   
--+                             
  |  +----- Lasmigona_complanata
  +--+                          
     |  +-- Arcidens_confragosus **
     +--+                       
        +-- Arcidens_wheeleri **   

  +-------- Pyganodon_grandis   
  |                             
  +-------- Pyganodon_cataracta 
  |                             
--+-------- Pyganodon_fragilis  
  |                             
  +-------- Pyganodon           
  |                             
  |  +----- Lasmigona_subviridis
  +--+                          
     |  +-- Arcidens_confragosus **
     +--+                       
        +-- Arcidens_wheeleri **   

  +----- Lasmigona_complanata
--+                          
  |  +-- Lasmigona_costata   
  +--+                       
     +-- Arcidens_confragosus **

  +----- Lasmigona_costata   
--+                          
  |  +-- Arcidens_wheeleri **   
  +--+                       
     +-- Lasmigona_complanata

-- Arcidens_confragosus

-- Arcidens_confragosus

-- Arcidens_confragosus

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