Mycetopodidae
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Mycetopodidae | |
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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]
Four subfamilies are recognized.[2][3]
Anodontitinae
[edit]Mycetopodinae
[edit]Monocondylaeinae
[edit]Leilinae
[edit]References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mycetopodidae.
- ^ 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.