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Bivalvia

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
CLASS
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia

Name

Synonyms
Asiphonidae
Conchifera
Lamellibranchiata
Pelecypoda
Homonyms
Bivalvia
Common names
Bivalves in English
Bivalves in French
Bivalves in English
Clam in English
Clam in English
Clams in English
Clams in English
Muslinger in Danish
bivalve in Portuguese
bivalves in English
bivalves in English
bivalves in French
clam in English
clams in English
mexilhão in Portuguese
ostra in Portuguese
palourdes in French
simpukat in Finnish
tweekleppigen in Dutch
musslor in Swedish
skjel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
skjell in Norwegian Bokmål
tweekleppigen in Dutch
tweekleppigen in Dutch
двустворчатые моллюски in Russian
двустворчатые моллюски in Russian
Bivalves in English
Bivalves And Clams in English
Bivalves And Clams in English
Clam in English
Clams, Mussels And Oysters in English
Clams, Mussels And Oysters in English
Clams, mussels and oysters in English
Muscheln in German
Muscheln in German
bivalves in English
bivalves in English
bivalves and clams in English
bivalves and clams in English
muslinger in Norwegian Bokmål
musslor in Swedish
musslor in Swedish
Двостулкові in Ukrainian
Двостулкові in Ukrainian
Двостулкові молюски in Ukrainian
Двостулкові молюски in Ukrainian
二枚貝綱 in Japanese
二枚貝綱 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. 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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  3. Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2006). Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 148 (3): 223-235. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00255.x
  4. Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2006). Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 148 (3): 223-235. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00255.x
  5. 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. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(1): 32-115.
  6. 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. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(1): 32-115.
  7. Bieler, Rüdiger, Joseph G. Carter, and Eugene V. Coan, 2010: Classification of Bivalve Families, IN Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families. Malacologia, vol. 52, no. 2. 113-184.
  8. Brusca, Richard C., David R. Lindberg, and Winston F. Ponder, revisers, in Brusca et al., 2016: Chapter 13: Phylum Mollusca. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 453-530.
  9. Cox, L. R. et al. (1969). Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. In: Moore, R.C. (Ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 2 vol., 951 pp.
  10. Cox, L. R. et al. (1969). Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. In: Moore, R.C. (Ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 2 vol., 951 pp.
  11. Gittenberger et al. (2004)
  12. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  13. Lemer, S.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2019). Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 286 (1896): 20182684. 10.1098/rspb.2018.2684
  14. Lemer, S.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2019). Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 286 (1896): 20182684. 10.1098/rspb.2018.2684
  15. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  16. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  17. Ponder, Winston Frank, David R. Lindberg, and Juliet Mary Ponder, 2020: null. Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, vol. 2. xx + 870.
  18. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  19. Taylor J. D., Kennedy W. J. & Hall A. (1973). The Shell Structure and Mineralogy of the Bivalvia. II. Lucinacea-Clavagellacea. Conclusions. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, London 22 (9)</i>: 253-294, pl. 15
  20. Taylor J. D., Kennedy W. J. & Hall A. (1973). The Shell Structure and Mineralogy of the Bivalvia. II. Lucinacea-Clavagellacea. Conclusions. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, London 22 (9)</i>: 253-294, pl. 15
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