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Cardioidea 
AphiaID: 14633

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
  Cardiacea (suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.)
Sources  additional source: Schneider J.A. (1998). Phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution of the subfamilies Clinocardiinae, Lymnocardiinae, Fraginae, and Tridacninae (Bivalvia: Cardiidae).. Malacologia 40: 321-373 [details]

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. [details]

from synonym: Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
 Family Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809

Family Chametracheidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819
Family Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819
Environment marine, brackish
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14633
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). Cardioidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14633 on 2013-05-18
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