MolluscaBase - Etherioidea Deshayes, 1832

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Etherioidea Deshayes, 1832

AphiaID

835383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835383)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Unionida

Original name

Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832

Synonymised names

Muteloidea J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Family Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832
Family Iridinidae Swainson, 1840
Family Mycetopodidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Acostaeidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1973 accepted as Mulleriidae Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Mycetopodidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Mulleriidae Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Mycetopodidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Mutelidae J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Iridinidae Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Pleiodontidae Rochebrune, 1904 accepted as Iridinidae Swainson, 1840
Family Pseudomulleriidae Starobogatov, 1970 accepted as Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 471-553, unnumbered table; note: original spelling 'Ethéries' [vernacular] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Etherioidea Deshayes, 1832. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835383 on 2026-08-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2015-03-06 19:59:51Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-27 16:57:44Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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original description (of Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 471-553, unnumbered table; note: original spelling 'Ethéries' [vernacular] [details]

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