Pectinoida
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| Pectinoida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Pectinoida |
| Families | |
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Pectinoida is a taxonomic suborder of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks, commonly known as scallops and their allies.[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 Pectinoida.[2]
- Superfamily: Anomoiidea
- Family: Anomiidae
- Superfamily: Plicatuloidea
- Family: Plicatulidae
- Superfamily: Dimyoidea
- Family: Dimyidae
- Superfamily: Pectinoidea
- Family: Entoliidae
- Family: Pectinidae
- Family: Propeamussiidae
- Family: Spondylidae
References
- ↑ Pectinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ 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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