WoRMS taxon details
Poromyoidea Dall, 1886
382317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382317)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Cetoconchidae Ridewood, 1903
- Family Poromyidae Dall, 1886
- Family Cetomyinae Krylova, 1997 accepted as Poromyidae Dall, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Dermatomyidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983 accepted as Poromyidae Dall, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Neaeroporomyidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983 accepted as Poromyidae Dall, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Perlaporomyidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983 accepted as Poromyidae Dall, 1886
- Subfamily Poromyinae Dall, 1886 accepted as Poromyidae Dall, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Poromyidae Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 195, 280 [details]
page(s): 195, 280 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Poromyoidea Dall, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382317 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
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(of Poromyidae Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 195, 280 [details]
page(s): 195, 280 [details]
Taxonomy
status 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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Morton B. & Machado F.M. (2019). Predatory marine bivalves: A review. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 84: 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2019.10.001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Morton B. & Machado F.M. (2019). Predatory marine bivalves: A review. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 84: 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2019.10.001 [details] Available for editors
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