Etheriidae

Etheriidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Superfamily:	Etherioidea
Family:	Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832[1]
Genera
See text for genera and species.

Etheriidae is a small family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida.[2] It contains two monotypic genera.

Genera

Genera within the family Etheriidae include:

• Acostaea d'Orbigny, 1851
  • Acostaea rivolii Deshayes, 1827
• Etheria Lamarck, 1807
  • Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
• Pseudomulleria
  • Pseudomulleria dalyi Smith, 1898

References

1. Etheriidae in WoRMS
2. 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.

External links

Media related to Etheriidae at Wikimedia Commons