Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Pholadomyoidea

Parilimyidae B. Morton, 1981

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Panacca Dall, 1905
Parilimya Melvill & Standen, 1899

Literature

original description	Morton B. (1981). The Anomalodesmata. Malacologia 21 (1-2): 35-60
additional source	Morton B. (1982). The functional morphology of Parilimya fragilis (Bivalvia: Parilimyidae fam. nov.) with a discussion on the origin and evolution of the carnivorous septibranchs and a reclassification of the Anomalodesmata. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 36(3): 153-216
additional source	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.
additional source	Morton B. & Machado F.M. (2019). Predatory marine bivalves: A review. Advances in Marine Biology. 84: 1-98.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parilimyidae B. Morton, 1981. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413853