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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea
6 genera, 2 subfamilies
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 223.Ortmann, 1919. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8(1): 2.Type genus: Margaritana Schumacher, 1817 = Margaritifera
Henderson, 1929. unknown publication: ??.Henderson, 1935. GSA, Spec. Pap. 3: 68.Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 119.Type genus: Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 = Margaritifera
Heard & Guckert, 1970. Malacologia 10: 338.(name corrected to Cumberlandiidae Heard & Guckert, 1970)Type genus: Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912 = Cumberlandia
Heard & Guckert, 1970. Malacologia 10: 338 [as ‘Cumberlandinae’].Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 8.Davis & Fuller, 1981. Malacologia 20: 237, 250.(correct name for Cumberlandidae Heard & Guckert, 1970)Type genus: Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912 = Cumberlandia
Bogan, Bolotov, Froufe & Lopes-Lima in Lopes-Lima et al., 2018. MPE 127: 113.Type genus: Gibbosula Simpson, 1900 = Gibbosula