Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Anodontinae is a member of the Family Unionidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Anodontinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Bivalvia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
- Subclass: Metabranchia
- Superorder: Eulamellibranchia
- Order: Unionida
- Superfamily: Unionacea
- Family: Unionidae
Rafinesque, 1820 - Pearly Mussels
- Subfamily: Anodontinae
- Family: Unionidae
Rafinesque, 1820 - Pearly Mussels
- Superfamily: Unionacea
- Order: Unionida
- Superorder: Eulamellibranchia
- Subclass: Metabranchia
- Class: Bivalvia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Anodontinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (7): Alasmidonta · Anodonta · Anodontoides · Arcidens · Arkansia · Lasmigona · Strophitus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 155 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Anodontinae.
Genera
Alasmidonta
Alasmidonta is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
Anodonta
Anodonta is a genus of medium-sized to large freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Unionidae. [more]
Anodontoides
Anodontoides is a genus of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
Arcidens
Arkansia
Arkansia is a monotypic genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. The sole species in the genus is Arkansia wheeleri. Its common names are the Ouachita rock pocketbook and Wheeler's pearly mussel. The genus was named for the state of Arkansas, where the mussel was first discovered. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. [more]
Lasmigona
Lasmigona is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
Strophitus
Strophitus is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
At least 10 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Strophitus.
More info about the Genus Strophitus may be found here.
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