NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Lampsilini
  Subfamily - Ambleminae
  Family - Unionidae
  Superfamily - Unionoidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
      Species - Ptychobranchus greenii
      Species - Ptychobranchus jonesi
      Species - Ptychobranchus occidentalis
      Species - Ptychobranchus subtentus
      Species - Ptychobranchus foremanianus