Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia

Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944

Rank: Infraclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arcida Stoliczka, 1871
Eupteriomorphia Boss, 1982
Limida Moore, 1952
Mytilida A. Férussac, 1822
Ostreida A. Férussac, 1822
Pectinida Gray, 1854

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 翼形亜綱

Literature

original description	Beurlen, K. (1944). Beiträge zur Stammesgeschichte der Muscheln. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Abteilung der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, Sitzungsberichte. 1944(1–2):133–145.
additional source	Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115.
additional source	Lemer, S.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2019). Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1896): 20182684.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteriomorphia. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206