WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chioninae Frizzell, 1936

Chioninae Frizzell, 1936
AphiaID: 152833

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

Synonymised
taxa

Cyclininae Frizzell, 1936
Mclellaniinae D. Wilson, 1983 †

Sources

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]

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]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Dutch	venusschelpen	[details]

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:152833

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z	created	Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-10 09:41:30Z	changed	Gofas, Serge
2012-10-12 19:36:57Z	changed	Bouchet, Philippe

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Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Chioninae Frizzell, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152833 on 2013-05-24

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