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| Date: | Mon, 22 May 2000 13:29:02 -0400 |
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>For Paleoheterodonta, Hyriidae should be with Muteloidea rather than
>Unionoidea.
This can't be right. The Hyriidae, Margaritiferidae, and Unionidae all
share the same larval type, a glochidium, which is vastly different from
the alien-esque haustorial and lasidium larvae of the Mutelidae and
Mycetopodidae, which are clearly related.
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