Modiomorphida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Infraclassis: Euheterodonta
Superordo: Imparidentia
Ordo: †Modiomorphida
Familiae (5): †Cypricardiniidae – †Hippopodiumidae – †Modiomorphidae – †Palaeopharidae – †Tusayanidae

Name

Modiomorphida Newell, 1969

Synonyms

• Modiomorphoida Newell, 1969 [original spelling]

Nomenclatural note: The ordinal endings -ida and -oida have both been extensively employed in bivalve literature. WoRMS follow the suggested standardisation to -ida as used in the bivalve classifications by Scarlato & Starobogatov(1979), Bieler et al. (2010, 2014) and Carter et al. (2011), among others.

References

Primary references

• Newell, N.D. 1969. Subclass Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965, and Order Modiomorphoida Newell, new order [diagnoses]. p. 393. in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N. Mollusca 6, Bivalvia, vol. 1–2. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas. Boulder & Lawrence.