African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Unionida

AphiaID

160326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160326)

Classification

Authority

J. E. Gray, 1854

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Palaeoheterodonta

Direct children (1)

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Superfamily Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437
page(s): 415; note: originally as 'Order Unionacea'. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Unionida. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160326 on 2026-09-03

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Unionida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160326 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:42:56Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-02-03 15:49:59Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2016-02-07 00:40:24Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-02-28 14:21:23Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2026-07-13 07:57:50Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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original description Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437
page(s): 415; note: originally as 'Order Unionacea'. [details]

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. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS13010 [details]

Definitions

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