Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 102 [as ‘Les Tridacnées’].
Type genus: Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 = Tridacna
Stoliczka, 1870. Palaeo. Indica 3(1-4): 205, 211.
Type genus: Lymnocardium Stoliczka, 1870 = Lymnocardium
Gill, 1871. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (227): 20.
Type genus: Adacna Eichwald, 1838 = Adacna
(error for Lymnocardiidae Stoliczka, 1870)
Type genus: Lymnocardium Stoliczka, 1870 = Lymnocardium