Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae

Limnoperninae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Jolya Bourguignat, 1877
Limnoperna Rochebrune, 1882
Lioberus Dall, 1898

Literature

original description	Scarlato, O. A. & Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1979). O sisteme podotriada Mytileina (Bivalvia) [English translation: The system of the suborder Mytileina. Malacological Review, 17(1-2): 115-116, 1984]. Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniiu molliuskov. 6: 22-25.
basis of record	Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): eyae039: 1-11.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limnoperninae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. 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:866328

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Occurrence

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Doubtful

Native

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Naturalised

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Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.