Mutelidae
Encyclopedia
Mutelidae 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 Mutelidae
- AspathariaAspathariaAspatharia is a genus of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Iridinidae .-Species:Secies within the genus Aspatharia include:...
Bourguignat, 1885 - Chambardia
- Chambardia bozasi
- Chambardia hartmanni
- Chambardia nyassaensis
- Chambardia rubens
- Chambardia trapezia
- Chambardia wahlbergi
- Chambardia wissmanni
- Iridina Lamarck, 1819
- Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
- Iridina ovatus Swainson, 1823
- MutelaMutelaMutela is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.-Species within the genus Mutela:* Mutela alata* Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat* Mutela dubia Gmelin, 1793...
Scopoli, 1777 - PseudospathaPseudospathaPseudospatha is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.-Species within the genus Pseudospatha:* Pseudospatha tanganyicensis...