WoRMS taxon details
Pulvinitidae Stephenson, 1941
489071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489071)
accepted
Family
- Genus Pulvinites Defrance, 1824
- Genus Foramelina Hedley, 1914 accepted as Pulvinites Defrance, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hypotrema A. d'Orbigny, 1853 † accepted as Pulvinites (Hypotrema) A. d'Orbigny, 1853 † represented as Pulvinites Defrance, 1824 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pulvinitidae Stephenson, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489071 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Stephenson, L. W. (1941). The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (exclusive of corals and crustaceans and exclusive of the fauna of the Escondido Formation). <em>The University of Texas Publication.</em> 4101: 1-641.
page(s): 151 [details] Available for editors
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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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
page(s): 151 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
