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Etheriidae

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Etheriidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Superfamily: Etherioidea
Family: Etheriidae
Deshayes, 1832[1]
Genera

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

Genera

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Genera within the family Etheriidae include:

References

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  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.
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