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WoRMS taxon details

Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819 
AphiaID: 196336

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819
Rank Family
Parent Cardioidea
Sources  basis of record: Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net/date.php?year=2005 [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]

Environment marine
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Note  Remark: Separate Superfamily Tridacnacea in Sheppard 1984 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196336
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-01-04 12:34:08Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-11 18:23:49Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-01-31 20:43:05Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2009-02-01 15:00:03Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Tridacnidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196336 on 2013-05-23
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