Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Lampsilinae is a member of the Family Unionidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Lampsilinae:
- 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: Lampsilinae
- 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 Lampsilinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (19): Actinonaias · Carunculina · Cyprogenia · Dromus · Dysnomia · Ellipsaria · Friersonia · Glebula · Lampsilis · Lemiox · Leptodea · Ligumia · Medionidus · Obliquaria · Obovaria · Proptera · Ptychobranchus · Truncilla · Villosa
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 254 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Lampsilinae.
Genera
Actinonaias
Actinonaias is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
Carunculina
Cyprogenia
Cyprogenia is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
Dromus
Dromus is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
Dysnomia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Ellipsaria
Ellipsaria is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
Friersonia
Glebula
Lampsilis
Lampsilis is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae,the river mussels. [more]
Lemiox
Lemiox is a of aquatic bivalves, freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae. [more]
Leptodea
Leptodea is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
Ligumia
Ligumia is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
Medionidus
Medionidus is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
Obliquaria
Obovaria
Obovaria is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [more]
Proptera
Ptychobranchus
Ptychobranchus is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
Truncilla
Villosa
Villosa is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. [more]
At least 21 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Villosa.
More info about the Genus Villosa may be found here.
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