Ostreoida
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| Ostreoida | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
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Anomiidae |
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The order Ostreoida includes the true oysters and a number of other related families of bivalves.
About eleven families are recognised within it, but suborders, superfamilies and subfamilies are used relatively heavily in this order. The following classification represents a synthesis of different views, reconciled so far as possible. The lists of genera are illustrative rather than complete. There are nearly 100 genera in this order.
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2010 Taxonomy of the Ostreoida [edit]
In 2010 a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Ostreoida.[1]
Order Ostreoida (Oysters)
- Superfamily: Ostreoidea
- Family: Gryphaeidae
- Family: Ostreidae
Suborder: Pectinoida [edit]
(Scallop shells and allies)
- Superfamily: Anomoiidea
- Family: Anomiidae
- Superfamily: Plicatuloidea
- Family: Plicatulidae
- Superfamily: Dimyoidea
- Family: Dimyidae
- Superfamily: Pectinoidea
- Family: Entoliidae
- Family: Pectinidae
- Family: Propeamussiidae
- Family: Spondylidae
Suborder: Limoida [edit]
(File shells and allies)
Suborder: Mytiloida [edit]
(Saltwater mussels)
- Superfamily: Mytiloidea
- Family: Mytilidae
Suborder: Pterioida [edit]
(Winged oysters and allies)
- Superfamily: Pinnoidea
- Family: Pinnidae
- Superfamily: Pteroidea
- Family: Malleidae
- Family: Pteriidae
- Family: Pulvinitidae
References [edit]
- ^ 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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