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Lucinida

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Lucinida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Infraclass: Heteroconchia
Subterclass: Euheterodonta
Superorder: Imparidentia
Order: Lucinida
Gray, 1854[1]
Families

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Synonyms

Lucinoida

Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

Families

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In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia.[2] Lucinoida (now Lucinida) thus became an order of its own.[1] It includes the following two superfamilies:

References

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  1. ^ a b Lucinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2010.
  2. ^ Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184