2010 Bivalvia taxonomy

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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.

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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]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ostreida</span> Order of bivalves

The order Ostreida includes the true oysters. One superfamily (Ostreoidea) and two extant families are recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae, the true oysters, and Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arcida</span> Order of molluscs

The Arcida is an extant order of bivalve molluscs. This order dates back to the lower Ordovician period. They are distinguished from related groups, such as the mussels, by having a straight hinge to the shells, and the adductor muscles being of equal size. The duplivincular ligament, taxodont dentition, and a shell microstructure consisting of the outer crossed lamellar and inner complex crossed lamellar layers are defining characters of this order.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pteriida</span> Order of bivalves

The Pteriida are an order of large and medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pteriomorphia</span> Subclass of bivalves

The Pteriomorphia comprise a subclass of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. It contains several major orders, including the Arcida, Ostreida, Pectinida, Limida, Mytilida, and Pteriida. It also contains some extinct and probably basal families, such as the Evyanidae, Colpomyidae, Bakevelliidae, Cassianellidae, and Lithiotidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palaeoheterodonta</span> Subclass of bivalves

Palaeoheterodonta is a subterclass of bivalve molluscs. It contains the extant orders Unionida and Trigoniida. They are distinguished by having the two halves of the shell be of equal size and shape, but by having the hinge teeth be in a single row, rather than separated into two groups, as they are in the clams and cockles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trigonioidea</span> Superfamily of bivalves

Trigonioidea is superfamily of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Within the fossil record the occurrence of this superfamily is widespread, ranging from the Devonian Period to Recent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nuculidae</span> Family of bivalves

Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mytilida</span> Order of bivalves

Mytilida is an order of marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as true mussels. There is one extant superfamily, the Mytiloidea, with a single extant family, the Mytilidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anomalodesmata</span> Order of bivalves

Anomalodesmata is an superorder of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This grouping was formerly recognised as a taxonomic subclass. It is called a superorder in the current World Register of Marine Species, despite having no orders, to parallel it with sister taxon Imparidentia, which does have orders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isognomonidae</span> Family of molluscs

Isognomonidae is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Pterioidea

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pandoridae</span> Family of bivalves

Pandoridae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pectinoidea</span> Superfamily of bivalves

The Pectinoidea are a superfamily of marine bivalve molluscs, including the scallops and spiny oysters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Protobranchia</span> Subclass of bivalves

Protobranchia is a subclass of bivalve molluscs. It contains the extant orders Nuculanida, Nuculida, and Solemyida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pectinida</span> Order of bivalves

Pectinida is a taxonomic order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies. It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician epoch; many species, of course, are still extant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fordilloidea</span> Extinct superfamily of bivalves

Fordilloidea is an extinct superfamily of early bivalves containing two described families, Fordillidae and Camyidae and the only superfamily in the order Fordillida. The superfamily is known from fossils of early to middle Cambrian age found in North America, Greenland, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Fordillidae currently contains two genera, Fordilla and Pojetaia each with up to three described species while Camyidae only contains a single genus Camya with one described species, Camya asy. Due to the size and age of the fossil specimens, Fordillidae species are included as part of the Turkish Small shelly fauna.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trigoniida</span> Order of bivalves

Trigoniida is an order of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Within the fossil record the occurrence of this order is widespread, ranging from the Devonian Period to Recent.

Lucinida is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carditida</span> Order of molluscs

Carditida is an order of marine bivalve clams.

Rüdiger Bieler is a German-American biologist whose primary scientific field of study is malacology, the study of mollusks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carditoidea</span> Superfamily of molluscs

Carditoidea is a superfamily of marine bivalve clams.

References

  1. 1 2 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.