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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
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