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Mycetopodidae
Description | The Mycetopodidae are a family of freshwater pearly mussels in the order Unionida restricted to South America. 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycetopodidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Mycetopodidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Mycetopodidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Gray J.E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp. . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycetopodidae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Diplodontites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Fossula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Haasica genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Iheringella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Monocondylaea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Mulleria genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Mycetopoda genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Mycetopodella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tamsiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Mulleriidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Mulleriidae |
Acostaeidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Acostaeidae |
References
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Gray J.E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp. . - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!