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Pholadidae  Lamarck, 1809
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81784

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassHeterodonta Neumayr, 1884  
                      OrderMyoida Goldfuss, 1820  
                         SuperfamilyPholadoidea Lamarck, 1809  
                            FamilyPholadidae Lamarck, 1809  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Barnea Risso, 1826  
                               Genus Chaceia Turner, 1855  
                               Genus Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862  
                               Genus Diplothyra Tryon, 1862  
                               Genus Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828  
                               Genus Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824  
                               Genus Netastoma Carpenter, 1864  
                               Genus Nettastomella Carpenter, 1865  
                               Genus Parapholas Conrad, 1848  
                               Genus Penitella Valenciennes, 1846  
                               Genus Pholadidea Turton, 1819  
                               Genus Pholas Linnaeus, 1758  
                               Genus Xylophaga Turton, 1822  
                               Genus Xyloredo Turner, 1972  
                               Genus Zirfaea Gray, 1842  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul V. Scott  
  Notes: Senior Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA   
  Reference for: Pholadidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pholadidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Pholadidae   
       
  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: Pholadidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: mollusca  
 

 

    

 
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