Pterioida
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Pterioida
| Pterioida | |
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| A live individual of Pinna nobilis in the Pinnidae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Pterioida |
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Pterioida is a suborder of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters).[1]
2010 Taxonomy
In 2010 a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the suborder Pterioida.[2]
- Superfamily Pinnoidea
- Family Pinnidae
- Superfamily †Posidonioidea Neumayr, 1891
- Family †Posidoniidae Neumayr, 1891 (Devonian to Cretaceous)
- Family †Aulacomyellidae Ichikawa, 1958
- Family †Daonellidae Neumayr, 1891
- Family †Halobiidae Kittl, 1912 (Devonian to Triassic)
- Superfamily Pterioidea
- Family †Bakevelliidae (Triassic to Eocene)
- Family †Cassianellidae (Middle to Late Triassic)
- Family †Kochiidae
- Family Malleidae
- Family †Pergamidiidae (Triassic to Cretaceous)
- Family †Plicatostylidae (Jurassic)
- Family Pteriidae
- Family Pulvinitidae
- Family †Ramonalinidae (early Middle Triassic)
- Family †Vlastidae (Ordivician to Silurian)
- Superfamily †Rhombopterioidea Korobkov in Eberzin, 1960
References
- ^ Pterioida Newell, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212 on 9 July 2010.
- ^ Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184
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