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class

bivalves
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  superclassis Diasoma

Scientific synonyms

Acephala
Aglossa
Anodontoda
Conchophora
Cormopoda
Dithra
Elatobranchiata
Elatocephala
Lamellibranchia
Lamellibranchiata

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Other names

= clams
= shellfishes

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Temporal range:Cambrian – recent

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Images

Anodonta anatina

Sinanodonta woodiana - Adventive Swan-mussel

Sinanodonta woodiana - Adventive Swan-mussel

Author: Jiří Novák

Dreissena polymorpha - Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha - Zebra Mussel

Author: Jiří Novák

Bivalvia - bivalves

Bivalvia - bivalves

Functions restricted to taxon Bivalvia

Important groups

Veneridae - venus clams, Cardiidae - cockles, Pectinidae
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A class of marine, estuarine or freshwater bivalve mollusks, in which the body is enclosed within two calcareous valves, or shells
Author: Jan Delsing

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Septifer bilocularis (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Spondylus tenellus L. A. Reeve, 1856
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saritoxin, glochidium
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Included taxa

Number of records: 10

subclass Protobranchia Pelseneer, 1889
subclass Autobranchia Grobben, 1894
subclass Heterodonta Neumayr, 1883
subclass Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944

Fossil taxa

order Fordillida Pojeta, 1975 † inc.sed.
order Tuarangiida MacKinnon, 1982 † inc.sed.
family Cardiolariidae Cope, 1997 † inc.sed.
family Cirravidae Chernyshev, 1935 † inc.sed.
family Laurskiidae Khalfin, 1948 † inc.sed.
genus Phyllonia Su, 1980 † inc.sed.

Links and literature

EN Tree of Life [Bivalvia]

Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [10476]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Pelecypoda]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2020
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Bivalvia]
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Bivalvia]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
EN Carter J. et al (2011): A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), Paleontological Contributions 4 [as Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 in 1758–1759]
Data retrieved on: 6 April 2014
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Data source info

Carter J. et al (2011): A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), Paleontological Contributions 4
[Data retrieved on: 06 April 2014]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010): Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52(2): 113-133
[Data retrieved on: 06 April 2014]

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Explanations

† extinct taxon

inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon



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