Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Venerinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Subsequent entries

Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758
Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Venerinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 402.

Alternative positions

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1128.
Veneridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.

Historical positions

Veneridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Veneridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 210.
Venerinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 402.
Venerinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 369.
Venerinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1151.
Heterodonta (Order) Neumayr, 1884	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Siphonata (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 449. [rough position]
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1128.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 684. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[36s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[36s]