Biology:Mycetopodidae
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Short description: Family of bivalves
| Mycetopodidae | |
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| Anodontites trapesialis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Superfamily: | Etherioidea |
| Family: | Mycetopodidae Gray, 1840 |
| Diversity | |
| 4 subfamilies, 10 genera. See text. | |
The Mycetopodidae are a family of freshwater pearly mussels in the order Unionida restricted to South America.[1][2] They are named for the mushroom-like shape of their foot. Like all members of the Unionida they reproduce via a larval stage that temporarily parasitizes fish. Banarescu lists four subfamilies with ten genera in total.[2]
Classification[2]
Four subfamilies are recognized.[2][3]
Anodontitinae
Mycetopodinae
- Mycetopoda
- Mycetopodella
Monocondylaeinae
- Monocondylaea
- Haasica
- Iheringella
- Fossula
- Tamsiella
- Diplodontites
Leilinae
- Leila
References
- ↑ Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Banarescu, Petru (1995). Zoogeography of Fresh Waters. Volume 3: Distribution and dispersal of freshwater animals in Africa, Pacific Areas and South America. Wiesbaden: AULA-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89104-483-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=OlLxMwEACAAJ.
- ↑ "Mycetopodidae Gray, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=982989.
Wikidata ☰ Q6946931 entry
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