Pterioida

Pterioida
A live individual of Pinna nobilis in the Pinnidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Pterioida
Families

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The Pterioida are a suborder of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters).[1]

2010 taxonomy

In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the suborder Pterioida.[2]

References

  1. Pterioida Newell, 1965.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  2. 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
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