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

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Bivalvia | Myida

superfamily PHOLADOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: syonymy
     2 families

PHOLADOIDEA Lamarck, 1809
Lamarck, 1809. Philosophie zoologique 1: 319.
Type genus: Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 = Pholas

TEREDINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: ??.
Type genus: Teredo Linnaeus, 1758 = Teredo

BANKIOIDEA Turner, 1966
Turner, 1966. Surv. Ill. Cat. Teredinidae: 57.
Type genus: Bankia Gray, 1842 = Bankia

TERIDINOIDEA Bogan, 2010
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
(error for Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815)
Type genus: Teredo Linnaeus, 1758 = Teredo

 
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