Etheriidae is a small
family
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of medium-sized
freshwater mussel
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves.
The majority of species of bivalve molluscs ...
s,
aquatic bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
molluscs in the order
Unionida.
It contains two
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genera.
Genera
Genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
within the family Etheriidae include:
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Acostaea'' d'Orbigny, 1851
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Acostaea rivolii
''Specklinia'' is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It contains approximately 100 species.
Species
, Kew's Plants of the World Online listed 105 species:
References
Specklinia,
Pleurotha ...
'' Deshayes, 1827
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Etheria'' Lamarck, 1807
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Etheria elliptica
''Etheria'' is a genus of freshwater oysters in the Etheriidae family of mollusk bivalves, and a part of the Unionida order. The genus includes a single species, ''Etheria elliptica'', that is found throughout Africa and Madagascar.
''Etheria el ...
'' Lamarck, 1807
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Pseudomulleria
''Pseudomulleria dalyi'' is a species of bivalves in the Etheriidae family. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the ...
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Pseudomulleria dalyi
''Pseudomulleria dalyi'' is a species of bivalves in the Etheriidae family. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the ...
'' Smith, 1898
References
External links
Bivalve families
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