Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 - bivalves
     Subclass Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965 see Clade Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965
       Order Unionida Gray, 1854
         Superfamily Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820
           Family Margaritiferidae Henderson, 1929 (1910), nom. cons. [monotypic] - freshwater pearl mussels
             1 Genus Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816