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

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Bivalvia | Nuculanida

superfamily NUCULANOIDEA H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858: syonymy
     10 families

MALLETIOIDEA Adams & Adams, 1858
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 548.
Type genus: Malletia Des Moulins, 1832 = Malletia

NUCULANOIDEA Adams & Adams, 1858
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 660.
Type genus: Nuculana Link, 1807 = Nuculana

TINDARIOIDEA Verrill & Bush, 1897
Verrill & Bush, 1897. Amer. J. Sci. 3: 58, 63.
Type genus: Clencharia Clark, 1961 = Clencharia

YOLDIOIDEA Dall, 1908
Dall, 1908. Bull. MCZ 43(6): 379.
Type genus: Yoldia Møller, 1842 = Yoldia

PHASEOLOIDEA Nevesskaja et al., 1971
Scarlato & Starobogatov in Nevesskaja et al., 1971. Palaeont. Zhurn. 1971(2): ??.
Type genus: Phaseolus Monterosato, 1875 = Phaseolus

LAMETILOIDEA Allen & Sanders, 1973
Allen & Sanders, 1973. Bull. MCZ 145(6): ??.
Type genus: Lametila Allen & Sanders, 1973 = Lametila

PRISTIGLOMOIDEA Sanders & Allen, 1973
Sanders & Allen, 1973. Bull. MCZ 145(6): ??.
Type genus: Pristigloma Dall, 1900 = Pristigloma

SILICULOIDEA Allen & Sanders, 1973
Allen & Sanders, 1973. Bull. MCZ 145(6): ??.
Type genus: Silicula Jeffreys, 1879 = Silicula

NEILONELLOIDEA Schileyko, 1989
Schileyko, 1989. Trudy Inst. Okeanol., Akad. Nauk 123: 93.
Type genus: Neilonella Dall, 1881 = Neilonella

BATHYSPINULOIDEA Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997. SBMNH Contrib. Sci. 1: 2, 22.
Type genus: Bathyspinula Allen & Sanders, 1982 = Bathyspinula

 
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