Mycetopodidae

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]

Mycetopodidae
Anodontites trapesialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Superfamily: Etherioidea
Family: Mycetopodidae
Gray, 1840
Diversity
4 subfamilies, 10 genera. See text.

Classification[2]

Four subfamilies are recognized.[2][3]

Anodontitinae

Mycetopodinae
  • Mycetopoda
  • Mycetopodella

Monocondylaeinae
  • Monocondylaea
  • Haasica
  • Iheringella
  • Fossula
  • Tamsiella
  • Diplodontites

Leilinae
  • Leila

References
  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.
  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.
  3. "Mycetopodidae Gray, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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