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

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Bivalvia | Arcida

superfamily ARCOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: syonymy
     3 families

ARCOIDEA Lamarck, 1809
Lamarck, 1809. Philosophie zoologique 1: 318 [as ‘Les arcacées’].
Type genus: Arca Linnaeus, 1758 = Arca

GLYCYMEROIDEA Dall, 1908
Dall, 1908. Bull. MCZ 43(6): 399.
(incorrect original spelling of Glycymerididae Dall, 1908)
Type genus: Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 = Glycymeris

GLYCYMERIDOIDEA Dall, 1908
Dall, 1908. Bull. MCZ 43(6): 399 [as ‘Glycymeridae’].
(correct name for Glycymeridae Dall, 1908)
Type genus: Glycymeris Da Costa, 1778 = Glycymeris

NOETIOIDEA Stewart, 1930
Stewart, 1930. ANSP Spec. Publ. 3: 78.
Type genus: Noetia Gray, 1857 = Noetia

SCAPHULOIDEA Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Scaphula Benson, 1834 = Scaphula
 
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