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Bivalvia | Cardiida

superfamily CARDIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: synonymy

1 family

Synonyms

TRIDACNOIDEA Lamarck, 1819

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 102 [as ‘Les Tridacnées’].
Type genus: Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 = Tridacna

LYMNOCARDIOIDEA Stoliczka, 1870

Stoliczka, 1870. Palaeo. Indica 3(1-4): 205, 211.
Type genus: Lymnocardium Stoliczka, 1870 = Lymnocardium

ADACNOIDEA Gill, 1871

Gill, 1871. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (227): 20.
Type genus: Adacna Eichwald, 1838 = Adacna

DIDACNOIDEA of Authors, unknown year

Type genus: Didacna Eichwald, 1838 = Didacna

LAEVICARDIOIDEA of Authors, unknown year

Type genus: Laevicardium Swainson, 1840 = Laevicardium

LIMNOCARDIOIDEA of Authors, unknown year

(error for Lymnocardiidae Stoliczka, 1870)
Type genus:
Lymnocardium Stoliczka, 1870 = Lymnocardium

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