WoRMS taxon details
Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 152410
AphiaID: 152410
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) |
| Status | alternate representation | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Subfamily | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: All genera in the family listed directly under the family name, except for subfamilies Petricolinae and Turtoniinae which were traditionally ranked as families. Other subfamilies listed as "alternate representation" until a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis is available. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152410 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Venerinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152410 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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