TABLE 4. Summary of characters and character states for cladistic analysis. States Character 0 1 2 1 Pegma or pegma-like structure Absent Present 2 Development of pegma Weak Moderate Strong 3 Divided shell Absent Present 4 Degree of coiling Up to 1 coil 1 or more coils 5 Raised sub-apical aperture lip Absent Raised lip or siphon 6 Internal shell ridges Absent or faint Present 7 Curved ventral margin Absent Present 8 Univalved or bivalved larval shell Univalved Bivalved 9 Lateral compression Absent Present 10 Ratio of length:height Less than 1.5 1.5 or more 11 Prismatic shell layer Absent Present 12 Inner laminar layer Absent Present 13 Inner calcite layer Absent Present 14 Shell pores Absent Present 15 Spiny layer (lamello-fibrillar) Absent Present 16 Stepwise inner layer Absent Present 17 Calcitic semi-nacre Absent Present 18 Prismatic best preserved near apex Absent Present 19 Coiling loss; straight dorsal margin Absent Present 20 Aperture constriction Absent Pinched near sub-apical margin 21 Aperture shape Sub-apical width greatest Supra-apical width greatest
States
Character
0
1
2
Pegma or pegma-like structure
Absent
Present
Development of pegma
Weak
Moderate
Strong
3
Divided shell
4
Degree of coiling
Up to 1 coil
1 or more coils
5
Raised sub-apical aperture lip
Raised lip or siphon
6
Internal shell ridges
Absent or faint
7
Curved ventral margin
8
Univalved or bivalved larval shell
Univalved
Bivalved
9
Lateral compression
10
Ratio of length:height
Less than 1.5
1.5 or more
11
Prismatic shell layer
12
Inner laminar layer
13
Inner calcite layer
14
Shell pores
15
Spiny layer (lamello-fibrillar)
16
Stepwise inner layer
17
Calcitic semi-nacre
18
Prismatic best preserved near apex
19
Coiling loss; straight dorsal margin
20
Aperture constriction
Pinched near sub-apical margin
21
Aperture shape
Sub-apical width greatest
Supra-apical width greatest