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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae

subfamily MYCETOPODINAE Gray, 1840: synonymy

2 genera

Synonyms

MYCETOPODINAE Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 155.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Type genus: Mycetopoda d’Orbigny, 1835 = Mycetopoda

MYCETOPINAE Adams & Adams, 1857

Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Carpenter, 1861. Lectures on the Mollusca: ??.
Type genus: Mycetopus d’Orbigny, 1846 = Mycetopoda

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