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

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

      Direct Children

      Family - Pholadomyidae
      Family - Pandoridae
      Family - Cleidothaeridae
      Family - Laternulidae
      Family - Lyonsiidae
      Family - Myochamidae
      Family - Periplomatidae
      Family - Thraciidae
      Family - Poromyidae
      Family - Cuspidariidae
      Family - Verticordiidae
      Family - Clavagellidae