Synonyms

• Anomalodesmacea Dall, 1889: 457, 460 [original spelling, as order]
• Anomalodesmata — Keen, 1963: 93 [emmended spelling, as subclass]

Primary references

• Dall, W.H. 1889. On the hinge of pelecypods and its development, with an attempt toward a better subdivision of the group. American Journal of Science Series 3, 38(228): 445–462. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-38.228.445 BHL Reference page. 

• Keen, A.M. 1963. Marine Molluscan Genera of Western North America: An Illustrated Key. Stanford University Press: Stanford. 126 pp. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Newell, N.D. 1965. Classification of the Bivalvia. American Museum Novitates 2206: 1–25. handle. Reference page. 

• Scarlato, O.A. & Starobogatov, Y.I. 1979. Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia. in Starobogatov, Y.I. (ed.). Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80: 5–38. Reference page. 

• Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families. Malacologia 52(2): 1–184. DOI: 10.4002/040.052.0201 Reference page. 

• Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classification of Bivalve Families. pp. 113–133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (eds.). Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1–184. DOI: 10.4002/040.052.0201 Reference page. 

• Carter, J.G., Altaba, C.R., Anderson, L.C., Araujo, R., Biakov, A.S., Bogan, A.E., Campbell, D.C., Campbell, M., Chen, J.-H., Cope, J.C.W., Delvene, G., Dijkstra, H.H., Fang, Z.-J., Gardner, R.N., Gavrilova, V.A., Goncharova, I.A., Harries, P.J., Hartman, J.H., Hautmann, M., Hoeh, W.R., Hylleberg, J., Jiang, B.-Y., Johnston, P., Kirkendale, L., Kleemann, K., Koppka, J., Kříž, J., Machado, D., Malchus, N., Márquez-Aliaga, A., Masse, J.-P., McRoberts, C.A., Middelfart, P.U., Mitchell, S., Nevesskaja, L.A., Özer, S., Pojeta, Jr., J., Polubotko, I.V., Pons, J.M., Popov, S., Sámchez, T., Sartori, A.F., Scott, R.W., Sey, I.I., Signorelli, J.H., Silantiev, V.V., Skelton, P.W., Steuber, T., Waterhouse, J.B., Wingard, G.L. & Yancey, T. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions 4: 1–47. DOI: 10.17161/PC.1808.8287 handle. Reference page. 

• Bieler, R., Mikkelsen, P.M., Collins, T.M., Glover, E.A., González, V.L., Graf, D.L., Harper, E.M., Healy, J., Kawauchi, G.Y., Sharma, P.P., Staubach, S., Strong, E.E., Taylor, J.D., Tëmkin, I., Zardus, J.D., Clark, S., Guzmán, A., McIntyre, E., Sharp, P. & Giribet, G. 2014. Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics 28(1): 32–115. DOI: 10.1071/IS13010 Reference page. 

Links

• Anomalodesmata in the World Register of Marine Species