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Galeommatoidea 
AphiaID: 14629

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Superfamily
Parent Veneroida
Synonymised
taxa
  Galeommatacea (suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.)
Source  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. [details]

Direct child
taxa
 Family [unassigned] Galeommatoidea
Family Galeommatidae Gray, 1840
Family Kelliidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848
Family Lasaeidae Gray, 1842
Family Montacutidae W. Clark, 1855

Family Chlamydoconchidae Dall, 1884 accepted as Galeommatidae Gray, 1840
Family Ephippodontidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 accepted as Galeommatidae Gray, 1840
Family Erycinidae Deshayes, 1850 accepted as Lasaeidae Gray, 1842
Family Leptonidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Lasaeidae Gray, 1842
Family Vasconiellidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 accepted as Galeommatidae Gray, 1840
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14629
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-02-04 10:16:53Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2010-07-10 09:41:30Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Galeommatoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14629 on 2013-06-20
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