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Mycetopodidae
The Mycetopodidae are a family of freshwater pearly mussels in the order Unionoida restricted to South America. They are named for the mushroom-like shape of their foot. Like all members of the Unionoida they reproduce via a larval stage that temporarily parasitizes fish. Banarescu lists four subfamilies with ten genera in total.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first
Anodontitinae
subfamilyAnodontitinae
Monocondylaeinae
subfamilyMonocondylaeinae
Mycetopodinae
subfamilyMycetopodinae
Leilinae
subfamilyLeilinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149792.