2010 Bivalvia taxonomy

An assortment of shells of marine bivalves and a few marine gastropods found on a beach in Wales

In May 2010, a new taxonomy of the Bivalvia was published in the journal Malacologia. The 2010 taxonomy is known as the Taxonomy of the Bivalvia (Bouchet, Rocroi, Bieler, Carter & Coan, 2010)[citation needed]. The 2010 taxonomy was published as Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families.[1] This was a revised system for classifying bivalve mollusks such as clams, oysters, scallops, mussels and so on. In compiling this new taxonomy, the authors used a variety of phylogenetic information including molecular analysis, anatomical analysis, shell morphology and shell microstructure, as well as bio-geographic, paleobiogeographical and stratigraphic information.

In this classification, 324 families were recognized as valid. Of those, 214 are known exclusively as fossils. The remaining 110 families occur in the recent past, with or without a fossil record.[1] This classification has since been adopted by WoRMS, the World Register of Marine Species.[2]

The classification system

Classification of Class Bivalvia (under the redaction of Rüdiger Bieler, Joseph G. Carter and Eugene V. Coan) (all taxa marked † are extinct) :[3]

Subclass, order, superfamily incertae sedis

  • Family †Archaeocarduudae
  • Family †Camyidae
  • Family †Cardiolariidae
  • Family †Cirravidae
  • Family †Fordillidae
  • Family †Laurskiidae
  • Family †Thoraliidae
  • Family †Tuarangiidae

Clade Heterodonta

Order and superfamily incertae sedis

  • Family †Anodontopsidae
  • Family †Baidiostracidae
  • Family †Carydiidae
  • Family †Intihuarellidae
  • Family †Lyrodesmatidae
  • Family †Montanariidae
  • Family †Nyassidae
  • Family †Pseudarcidae
  • Family †Redoniidae
  • Family †Tanaodontidae
  • Family †Zadimerodiidae

Order incertae sedis

  • Superfamily †Anthracosioidea
    • Family †Anthracosiidae
    • Family †Carbonicolidae
    • Family †Opokiellidae
    • Family Priukiellidae
    • Family †Shaanxiconchidae
    • Family †Sinomyidae
  • Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea
    • Family Gastrochaenidae
  • Superfamily Hiatelloidea
  • Superfamily †Kalenteroidea
    • Family †Kalenteridae
  • Superfamily †Modiomorphoidea
    • Family †Cypricardiniidae
    • Family †Hippopodiumidae
    • Family †Modiomorphidae
    • Family †Palaeopharidae
    • Family †Tusayanidae
  • Superfamily Solenoidea

Order †Actinodontida

  • Superfamily †Cycloconchoidea

Order Carditida

Order †Hippuritida

  • Superfamily †Radiolitoidea
    • Family †Antillocaprinidae
    • Family †Caprinidae
    • Family †Caprinulidae
    • Family †Caprotinidae
    • Family †Diceratidae
    • Family †Hippuritidae
    • Family †Ichthyosarcolitidae
    • Family †Monopleuridae
    • Family †Plagioptychidae
    • Family †Radiolitidae
    • Family †Techmanellidae
  • Superfamily †Requienioidea

Order Lucinida

Order Myida

Order †Orthonotida

  • Superfamily †Orthonotoidea
    • Family †Konduriidae
    • Family †Orthonotidae
    • Family †Prothyridae
    • Family †Solenomorphidae

Order Pholadomyida (=Anomalodesmata)

Order Venerida

†"Megalodonts"

  • Family †Congeriomorphidae
  • Family †Dicerocardiidae
  • Family †Mecynodontidae
  • Family †Megalodontidae
  • Family †Pachyrismatidae
  • Family †Plethocardiidae
  • Family †Wallowaconchidae


Clade Palaeoheterodonta

Order Trigoniida

  • Superfamily †Beichuanioidea Liu & Gu, 1988
    • Family †Beichuaniidae Liu & Gu, 1988
  • Superfamily †Megatrigonioidea Van Hoepen, 1929
    • Family †Iotrigoniidae Savelive, 1958
    • Family †Megatrigoniidae Van Hoepen, 1929
    • Family †Rutitrigoniidae Van Hoepen, 1929
  • Superfamily Myophorelloidea Kobayashi, 1954
    • Family †Buchotrigoniidae Leanza, 1993
    • Family †Laevitrigoniidae Savelive, 1958
    • Family †Myophorellidae Kobayashi, 1954
    • Family †Vaugoniidae Kobayashi, 1954
  • Superfamily Trigonioidea Lamarck, 1819
    • Family †Eoschizodidae Newell & Boyd, 1975 (syn: Curtonotidae)
    • Family †Groeberellidae Pérez, Reyes, & Danborenea 1995
    • Family †Myophoriidae Bronn, 1849 (syn: Cytherodontidae, Costatoriidae, Gruenewaldiidae)
    • Family †Prosogyrotrigoniidae Kobayashi, 1954
    • Family †Scaphellinidae Newell & Ciriacks, 1962
    • Family †Schizodidae Newell & Boyd, 1975
    • Family †Sinodoridae Pojeta & Zhang, 1984
    • Family Trigoniidae Lamarck, 1819

Order Unionida

  • Superfamily †Archanodontoidea Modell, 1957 (placement in Unionoida uncertain)
    • Family †Archanodontidae Modell, 1957
  • Superfamily incertae sedis
    • Family †Desertellidae
    • Family †Trigonodidae
    • Family †Utschamiellidae
  • Superfamily Etherioidea Deshayes, 1832
  • Superfamily Hyrioidea Swainson, 1840
  • Superfamily †Trigonioidoidea Cox, 1952
    • Family †Jilinoconchidae Ma, 1989 (placement uncertain)
    • Family †Nakamuranaiadidae Guo, 1981 (syn:Sinonaiinae, Nippononaiidae)
    • Family †Plicatounionidae Chen, 1988
    • Family †Pseudohyriidae Kobayashi, 1968
    • Family †Sainschandiidae Kolesnikov, 1977
    • Family †Trigonioididae Cox, 1952
  • Superfamily Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820
    • Family Liaoningiidae Yu & Dong, 1993 (placement uncertain)
    • Family Margaritiferidae Henderson, 1929 (syn:Margaritaninae, Cumberlandiinae, Promargaritiferidae)
    • Family †Sancticarolitidae Simone & Mezzalira, 1997
    • Family Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820

Subclass Protobranchia

Order and superfamily incertae sedis

  • Family †Afghanodesmatidae
  • Family †Antactinodiontidae
  • Family †Ctenodontidae
  • Family †Eritropidae
  • Family †Pseudocryrtodontidae
  • Family †Tironuculidae

Order Nuculanida

Order Nuculida

Order Solemyida

Subclass Autobranchia

Superorder, order and superfamily incertae sedis

  • Family †Cercomyidae
  • Family †Palaeocardiidae
  • Family †Pucamyidae

Superorder Heteroconchia

Order incertae sedis
    • Family †Amnigeniidae
    • Family †Lipanellidae
    • Family †Palaeomutelidae

Superorder Nepiomorphia

Order †Antipleurida
  • Superfamily †Dualinoidea
    • Family †Dualinidae
    • Family †Spanilidae
    • Family †Stolidotidae
Order †Praecardiida
  • Superfamily †Praecardioidea
    • Family †Buchiolidae
    • Family †Praecardiidae
  • Superfamily †Cardioloidea
    • Family †Cardiolidae
    • Family †Slavidae

Superorder Pteriomorphia

Order and superfamily incertae sedis
  • Family †Eligmidae
  • Family †Evyanidae
  • Family †Ischyrodontidae
  • Family †Limatulinidae
  • Family †Matheriidae
  • Family †Myodakryotidae
  • Family †Pichleridae
  • Family †Rhombopteriidae
    • Family †Umburridae
Order Arcida
Order Cyrtodontida
  • Superfamily †Cyrtodontoidea
    • Family †Cyrtodontidae
    • Family †Ptychodesmatidae
  • Superfamily †Falcatodontoidea
    • Family †Falcatodontidae
Order Limida
Order Mytilida
  • Superfamily †Modiolopsoidea
    • Family †Colpomyidae
    • Family †Modiolopsidae
    • Family †Saffordiidae
  • Superfamily Mytiloidea
Order Ostreida
Order Pectinida
  • Superfamily incertae sedis
    • Family †Euchondriidae
    • Family †Praeostreidae
    • Family †Prospondylidae
    • Family †Saharopteriidae
    • Family †Vlastidae
  • Superfamily Anomioidea
  • Superfamily †Aulacomyelloidea
    • Family †Aulacomyellidae
    • Family †Bositridae
  • Superfamily †Aviculopectinoidea
    • Family †Aviculopectinidae
    • Family †Deltopectinidae
  • Superfamily †Buchioidea
    • Family †Buchiidae
    • Family †Eurydesmatidae
  • Superfamily †Chaenocardioidea
    • Family †Chaenocardiidae
    • Family †Binipectinidae
    • Family †Streblochondriidae
  • Superfamily Dimyoidea
  • Superfamily †Heteropectinoidea
    • Family †Acanthopectinidae
    • Family †Annuliconchidae
    • Family †Heteropectinidae
    • Family †Limpectinidae
  • Superfamily †Halobioidea
    • Family †Claraiidae
    • Family †Daonellidae
    • Family †Halobiidae
  • Superfamily †Leiopectinoidea
    • Family †Leiopectinidae
  • Superfamily †Monotoidea
    • Family †Dolponellidae
    • Family †Monotidae
  • Superfamily †Oxytomoidea
    • Family †Otapiriidae
    • Family †Oxytomidae
  • Superfamily Pectinoidea
  • Superfamily Plicatuloidea
  • Superfamily †Pseudomonotoidea
    • Family †Hunanopectinidae
    • Family †Pseudomonotidae
    • Family †Terquemiidae
  • Superfamily †Pterinopectinoidea
    • Family †Natalissimidae
    • Family †Pterinopectinidae
Order Pteriida

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Bieler, Rüdiger; Carter, Joseph G.; Coan, Eugene V. (2010). "Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families". Malacologia. 52 (2) (published May 2010): 1–184. doi:10.4002/040.052.0201. S2CID 86546840.
  2. ^ Gofas, Serge (2012). "Bivalvia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  3. ^ Joseph G. Carter; Cristian R. Altaba; Laurie C. Anderson; et al. (2011). "A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions. 2011 (4) (published 27 October 2011): 1–47. doi:10.17161/PC.1808.8287. S2CID 85677845.
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