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Bivalvia  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79118

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Synonym(s): Pelecypoda Goldfuss, 1920
  
  Common Name(s): bivalves [English]
  
    clams [English]
  
    bivalves [French]
  
    palourdes [French]
  
    bivalve [Portuguese]
  
    mexilhão [Portuguese]
  
    ostra [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
    Direct Children:  
                   Subclass Autobranchia   
                   Subclass Protobranchia Pelseneer, 1889  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul V. Scott  
  Notes: Senior Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA   
  Reference for: Bivalvia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: bivalves[French], palourdes [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: bivalve[Portuguese], mexilhão [Portuguese], ostra [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bieler, Rüdiger, Joseph G. Carter, and Eugene V. Coan  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification of Bivalve Families, IN Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Malacologia, vol. 52, no. 2   
  Page(s): 113-184   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0076-2997   
  Notes: Available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201   
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., David R. Lindberg, and Winston F. Ponder, revisers, in Brusca et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 13: Phylum Mollusca   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 453-530   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Chapter revised by guest contributors Richard C. Brusca, David R. Lindberg, and Winston F. Ponder   
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ponder, Winston Frank, David R. Lindberg, and Juliet Mary Ponder  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xx + 870   
  Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780815361848   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bivalvia   
       

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