The Taxonomicon

Home

Site map | Contact

Under construction

Taxon: Family Myidae Lamarck, 1809 - soft-shelled clams (mollusc)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Mya (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Myoidea (Superfamily) Lamarck, 1809

Ref: R. Bieler et al., 2010: 131.

Alternative positions

*Myacea* (Superfamily)	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1153.
*Myoida* (Order) Stoliczka, 1870	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 402.

Historical positions

*Myoidea* (Superfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: R. Bieler et al., 2010: 131.
*Myoida* (Order) Stoliczka, 1870	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 402.
*Bivalvia* (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 210. [rough position]
*Myoidea* (Superfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 409.
*Myacea* (Superfamily)	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1153-1154.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 20 Jan 2022	[6g]
1997	V.G. Millard: 410	[6g]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1154	[6g]20?s

©2004-2024 Universal Taxonomic Services

Last updated: 1 Feb 2024