Home | About | Database | Mussel of the Month | Publications & Presentations

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Cladomics


Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy


Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography


Data last updated
Wed 04 February 2026

Bivalvia | Arcida

superfamily ARCOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: synonymy

5 families

Synonyms

ARCOIDEA Lamarck, 1809

Lamarck, 1809. Philosophie zoologique 1: 318 [as ‘Les arcacées’].
Type genus: Arca Linnaeus, 1758 = Arca

GLYCYMEROIDEA Dall, 1908

Dall, 1908. Bull. MCZ 43(6): 399.
(incorrect original spelling of Glycymerididae Dall, 1908)
Type genus: Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 = Glycymeris

GLYCYMERIDOIDEA Dall, 1908

Dall, 1908. Bull. MCZ 43(6): 399 [as ‘Glycymeridae’].
(correct name for Glycymeridae Dall, 1908)
Type genus: Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 = Glycymeris

NOETIOIDEA Stewart, 1930

Stewart, 1930. ANSP Spec. Publ. 3: 78.
Type genus: Noetia Gray, 1857 = Noetia

SCAPHULOIDEA Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979

Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Scaphula Benson, 1834 = Scaphula

NSF icon

Site developed and maintained by Dan Graf & Kevin Cummings.
Funded by The National Science Foundation.

"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."
MUSSEL icon