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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Cardiida

superfamily CARDIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: syonymy
     1 family

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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