NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subclass - Protobranchia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Praenuculidae
      Family - Nuculidae
      Family - Malletiidae
      Family - Nuculanidae
      Family - Lametilidae
      Family - Pristiglomidae
      Family - Siliculidae
      Family - Neilonellidae
      Family - Tindariidae
      Family - Yoldiidae