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Taxon: Family Donacidae Fleming, 1828 - wedge shells (mollusc)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Tellinoidea (Superfamily) Blainville, 1814

Ref: R. Bieler et al., 2010: 130.

Alternative positions

*Donacoidea* (Superfamily) Fleming, 1828	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 397.
*Tellinacea* (Superfamily)	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1145.
*Veneroida* (Order) H. & A. Adams, 1856	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.

Historical positions

*Tellinoidea* (Superfamily) Blainville, 1814	Ref: R. Bieler et al., 2010: 130.
*Veneroida* (Order) H. & A. Adams, 1856	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
*Bivalvia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 209. [rough position]
*Donacoidea* (Superfamily) Fleming, 1828	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 397.
*Tellinacea* (Superfamily)	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1145-1146.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Jan 2022	[5g]
1997	V.G. Millard: 397	[5g]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1146	3g50s

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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024