Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta

Veneroida Gray, 1854

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arcticoidea Newton, 1891 (1844)
Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809
Chamoidea Lamarck, 1809
Cyamioidea Sars, 1878
Cyrenoidea Gray, 1840
Dreissenoidea Gray, 1840
Galeommatoidea J.E. Gray, 1840
Glossoidea J.E. Gray, 1847 (1840)
Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809
Sphaerioidea Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814
Ungulinoidea Gray, 1854
Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Greek: Βενεροειδή sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: veneroidi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: kjempemuslinger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: венероиды sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: midyeler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Венероїдні; Венероїдоподібні

Literature

basis of record

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

additional source

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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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Veneroida. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217

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Occurrence

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Environment


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2010-07-09 by Serge Gofas

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