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

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Bivalvia | Ostreida

superfamily PTERIOIDEA Gray, 1847 (1820): syonymy
     6 families

MALLEOIDEA Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 424.
Type genus: Malleus Lamarck, 1799 = Malleus

MARGARITOIDEA Blainville, 1824
Blainville, 1824. Dict. Sci. Nat. 32: 313.
Type genus: Margarita Leach, 1814 = Pinctada

PTERIOIDEA Gray, 1847
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 199.
Type genus: Pteria Scopoli, 1777 = Pteria

VULSELLOIDEA Gray, 1854
Gray, 1854. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 14: 27.
Type genus: Vulsella Röding, 1798 = Vulsella

ISOGNOMONOIDEA Woodring, 1925
Woodring, 1925. Contri. Geol. Palaeo. W. Indies (366): 57.
Type genus: Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786 = Isognomon

PULVINITOIDEA Stephenson, 1941
Stephenson, 1941. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Pulvinites Defrance, 1824 = Pulvinites

 
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