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Order of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pteriida
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The Pteriida are an order of large and medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters).[1]

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2010 taxonomy

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Selection of members of the extinct Plicatostylidae

In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the suborder Pteriida.[2]

  • Superfamily Ambonychioidea
  • Superfamily Pinnoidea
  • Superfamily †Posidonioidea Neumayr, 1891
    • Family †Posidoniidae Neumayr, 1891 (Devonian to Cretaceous)
    • Family †Aulacomyellidae Ichikawa, 1958
    • Family †Daonellidae Neumayr, 1891
    • Family †Halobiidae Kittl, 1912 (Devonian to Triassic)
  • Superfamily Pterioidea
  • Superfamily †Rhombopterioidea Korobkov in Eberzin, 1960
    • Family †Rhombopteriidae Korobkov in Eberzin, 1960 (Silurian to Devonian)
    • Family †Umburridae P. A. Johnston, 1991 (Silurian)
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