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Pectinoidea 
AphiaID: 151320

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Superfamily
Parent Pectinoida
Synonymised
taxa
  Pectinacea (suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.)
Sources  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 Cyclochlamydidae Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2012
Family Entoliidae Teppner, 1922
Family Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
Family Spondylidae Gray, 1826

Family Propeamussidae R. T. Abbott, 1954 accepted as Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
Family Syncyclonematidae Waller, 1978 accepted as Entoliidae Teppner, 1922
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151320
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-06 10:56:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-02-03 09:16:23Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2009-06-04 09:53:43Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Pectinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151320 on 2013-05-24
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