Etheriidae
Encyclopedia
Etheriidae is a family
of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic
bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida
Unionoida
Unionoida is an order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks. The order includes most of the larger freshwater mussels, including the freshwater pearl mussels...
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Genera within the family Etheriidae
- Acostaea d'Orbigny, 1851
- Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes, 1827)
- Etheria Lamarck, 1807
- Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807