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Bivalvia | Anomalodesmata

superfamily THRACIOIDEA Stoliczka, 1870 (1839): synonymy

3 families

Synonyms

THRACIOIDEA Stoliczka, 1870

Stoliczka, 1870. Palaeo. Indica 3(1-4): 59, 62.
Type genus: Thracia Blainville, 1824 = Thracia

PERIPLOMATOIDEA Dall, 1895

Dall, 1895. Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(3): 531.
Type genus: Periploma Schumacher, 1817 = Periploma

LATERNULOIDEA Hedley, 1918

Hedley, 1918. J. and Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. 51 (suppl.): M12.
Type genus: Laternula Röding, 1798 = Laternula

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