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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea

family ETHERIIDAE Deshayes, 1832: syonymy
     4 genera

AETHERIIDAE Deshayes, 1832
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): ?? [as ‘Aetheriae’].
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10, 145 [as ‘Aetherioidae’].
Type genus: Aetheria Oken, 1818 = Etheria

ETHERIIDAE Deshayes, 1832
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): fold-out, fam. no. 20 [as ‘Ethéries’].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 259, 390.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 193.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 177.
Type genus: Etheria Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria

MULLERIIDAE Deshayes, 1832
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): fold-out, fam. no. 23 [as ‘Mullerie’].
Type genus: Mulleria Férussac, 1824 = Mulleria

BARTLETTIIDAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 82.
Type genus: Bartlettia H. Adams, 1866 = Bartlettia

PSEUDOMULLERIIDAE Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 75, 288.
Morrison, 1973. Bull. AMU (1972): 46.
Type genus: Pseudomulleria R. Anthony, 1907 = Pseudomulleria

ACOSTAEIDAE Morrison, 1973
Morrison, 1973. Bull. AMU (1972): 45.
Type genus: Acostaea d’Orbigny, 1851 = Mulleria

 
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