Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Questionably Polyphyletic (poly)

Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1151.

Original entries

Nutricola (Genus) Bernard, 1982

Current position

Veneroidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

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

Alternative positions

Veneracea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 297.
Veneroida (Order) H. & A. Adams, 1856	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.

Historical positions

Veneroidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	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: 210. [rough position]
Veneroidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 402.
Veneracea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 297, 369.
Veneracea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1150-1151.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	47g;44s; †8g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Jan 2022	[66g; †14g]
1997	V.G. Millard: 408	[75g]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1151	12sf500s