Etheriidae Explained

Etheriidae is a small family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida.^[1] It contains two monotypic genera.

Genera

Genera within the family Etheriidae include:

• Acostaea d'Orbigny, 1851
  • Acostaea rivolii Deshayes, 1827
• Etheria Lamarck, 1807
  • Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
• Pseudomulleria
  • Pseudomulleria dalyi Smith, 1898

Notes and References

1. Book: 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 . ConchBooks . Hackenheim . 901 pp. + CD . 978-3-939767-28-2.