Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Pteriida

Subsequent entries

Pinna (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Pinnoidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1819

Ref: R. Bieler et al., 2010: 119.

Alternative positions

Pinnacea (Superfamily) Leach, 1819, nom. illeg.	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 317.
Pterioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1847 (1820)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Pteriomorpha (Order) Beurlen, 1944	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.

Historical positions

Pinnoidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1819	Ref: R. Bieler et al., 2010: 119.
Pteriomorpha (Order) Beurlen, 1944	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Bivalvia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 207. [rough position]
Pinnoidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1819	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 349.
Pteriomorphia (Subclass) Beurlen, 1944	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Pinnacea (Superfamily) Leach, 1819, nom. illeg.	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 317, 367.
Pinnacea (Superfamily) Leach, 1819, nom. illeg.	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1115.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;9s;1ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Dec 2021	[3g; †1g]
1997	V.G. Millard: 350	[4g]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1116	3g;20s