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Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026

Bivalvia | Cardiida

superfamily TELLINOIDEA Blainville, 1814: synonymy

5 families

Synonyms

PSAMMOBIOIDEA Fleming, 1828

Fleming, 1828. Hist. Brit. Anim.: ??.
Type genus: Psammobia Lamarck, 1818 = Gari

DONACOIDEA Fleming, 1828

Fleming, 1828. Hist. Brit. Anim.: 409.
Type genus: Donax Linnaeus, 1758 = Donax

SOLECURTOIDEA d’Orbigny, 1846

d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 522.
Type genus: Solecurtus Blainville, 1824 = Solecurtus

SEMELOIDEA Stoliczka, 1870

Stoliczka, 1870. Palaeo. Indica 3(1-4): 8b, 106, 108.
Type genus: Semele Schumacher, 1817 = Semele

MACOMOIDEA Olsson, 1961

Olsson, 1961. Moll. Trop. E. Pacific: 377.
Type genus: Macoma Ross, 1819 = Macoma

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