Synonyms

• Lamellibranchiata Blainville, 1816: 122
• Conchifera Lamarck, 1818: 411
• Pelecypoda Goldfuss, 1820: 599

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii
• Blainville, H. 1816. Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1816: 105–112 + 121–124. BHL
• Lamarck,J.-B.M. de. 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième. Deterville/Verdière: Paris. 612 pp. BHL
• Goldfuss, G.A. 1820. Handbuch der Zoologie. In Schubert, G.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Erste Abteilung 1–696, pls. 1–2; Zweite Abteilung: i–xxiv, 1–510, pls. 3–4.

Additional references

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• 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. 

• 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. 

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• Oliveira, C.D. de C., Pimenta, A.D., Figueira, R.M.A. & Absalão, R.S. 2018. Critical review of type specimens deposited in the Malacological collection of the biological institute/Ufrj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 4415(1): 91–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.4 Reference page. 
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• 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. 

• Tu, D.V., Anh, L.H., Anh, L.T., Sasaki, T. & Tuan, T.A. 2019. Sample checklist of Gastropoda and Bivalvia in Cham Islands, Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e32930. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e32930 Reference page. 

• Wesselingh, F.P., Neubauer, T.A., Anistratenko, V.V., Vinarski, M.V., Yanina, T., ter Poorten, J.J., Kijashko, P., Albrecht, C., Anistratenko, O.Yu., D'Hont, A., Frolov, P., Gándara, A.M., Gittenberger, A., Gogaldze, A., Karpinsky, M., Lattuada, M., Popa, L., Sands, A.F., van de Velde, S., Vandendorpe, J. & Wilke, T. 2019. Mollusc species from the Pontocaspian region – an expert opinion list. Zookeys 827: 31–124. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.827.31365 Reference page. 

• Wiklund, H., Taylor, J.D., Dahlgren, T.G., Todt, C., Ikebe, C., Rabone, M. & Glover, A.G. 2017. Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration area, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Mollusca. ZooKeys 707: 1–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.707.13042 Reference page. 

Links

• Bivalvia in the World Register of Marine Species
• Bivalvia Report on ITIS