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