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

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The synonymy list the nominal family-group level taxa circumscribed within the valid taxon.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea

family IRIDINIDAE Swainson, 1840: nominal family-group taxa
     2 subfamilies

IRIDINIDAE Swainson, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 261, 286-287, 380.
Modell, 1942, Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Type genus: Iridina Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela

MUTELIDAE Gray, 1847
Gray, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197 [as ‘Muteladae’].
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 505.
Ortmann, 1911, Nautilus 24(9): 129.
Type genus: Mutela Scopoli, 1777 = Mutela

SPATHIDAE Vest, 1866
Vest, 1866, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Type genus: Spatha Lea, 1838 = Mutela

ASPATHARIIDAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942, Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Modell, 1964, Arch. Moll. 93: 84.
Type genus: Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886 = Aspatharia

SPATHOPSIDAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942, Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Modell, 1964, Arch. Moll. 93: 85.
Type genus: Spathopsis Simpson, 1900 = Chambardia

PLEIODONIDAE Pain & Woodward, 1964
Rochebrune, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 342 [as ‘Pliodontidae’].
Pain & Woodward, 1964, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 8: 5.
Type genus: Pleiodon Conrad, 1834 = Pleiodon

MUTELLIDAE Ramírez et al., 2003
Ramírez et al., 2003, Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.
Type genus: Mutela Scopoli, 1777 = Mutela

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