Mycetopodidae

Mycetopodidae
	Anodontites trapesialis
Scientific classification
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

Anodontites

Mycetopodinae

Mycetopoda
Mycetopodella

Monocondylaeinae

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ "Mycetopodidae Gray, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[CompBiv-1] 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.

[Banarescu_1995-2] 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.

[ITIS-3] "Mycetopodidae Gray, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

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