Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea

Pristiglomidae H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1973

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pristigloma Dall, 1900

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トメソデガイ科

Literature

original description	Sanders H. L. & Allen J. A. (1973). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia) Prologue and the Pristiglomidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 145 (6): 237-262
basis of record	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.
status source	Sato, K., Kano, Y., Setiamarga, D. H. E., Watanabe, H. K. & Sasaki, T. (2020). Molecular phylogeny of protobranch bivalves and systematic implications of their shell microstructure. Zoologica Scripta. 49: 458-472.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pristiglomidae H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1973. 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:23101