Veneroida 
AphiaID: 217

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass)

Authority		Gray, 1854
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Order
Parent		Euheterodonta
Source		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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa		Superfamily Arcticoidea Superfamily Cardioidea Superfamily Chamoidea Superfamily Cyamioidea Superfamily Cyrenoidea Superfamily Dreissenoidea Superfamily Galeommatoidea Superfamily Glossoidea Superfamily Mactroidea Superfamily Tellinoidea Superfamily Ungulinoidea Superfamily Veneroidea Superfamily Tridacnoidea accepted as Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2010-07-09 11:19:22Z   changed   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Veneroida. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2013) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217 on 2013-05-23