Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Myida - (Family) Pholadidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Pholadinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809

Original entries

Pholas candidus Linnaeus, 1758
Pholas costatus Linnaeus, 1758
Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Pholas pusillus Linnaeus, 1758
Pholas striatus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Pholadinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 412.

Alternative positions

Pholadidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 402.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1110.

Historical positions

Pholadidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 402.
Pholadidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 210.
Pholadinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 412.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Pelecypoda (Class) Goldfuss, 1820	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Pholadinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1157.
Adapedonta (Order) Cossmann & Peyrot, 1909	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1110.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 669. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]