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Taxon profile

superfamily

Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Unionida »  suborder Unionidina

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

family Margaritiferidae Henderson, 1929
family Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820 - freshwater mussel shells

Fossil taxa

family Sainschandiidae Kolesnikov, 1977
family Sancticarolitidae Simone & Mezzalira, 1997

Links and literature

EN Graf D.L., Cummings K.S. (2007): Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73: 291–314 [as Unionoidea]
Data retrieved on: 15 April 2021
EN Carter J. et al (2011): A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), Paleontological Contributions 4 [as Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820]
Data retrieved on: 6 April 2014

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Explanations

extinct taxon