Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida

Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Cucullaeidae R. B. Stewart, 1930
Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847)
Noetiidae R. B. Stewart, 1930
Parallelodontidae Dall, 1898

Literature

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.

additional source

Oliver, P. G. & Holmes, A. M. (2006). The Arcoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): a review of the current phenetic-based systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 148(3): 237-251.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809. 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:489054

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-09-29 by Simon Schneider

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