NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superfamily - Mactroidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Spisula
      Genus - Tresus
      Genus - Mulinia
      Genus - Rangia
      Genus - Anatina
      Genus - Mactra
      Genus - Raeta
      Genus - Lutraria
      Genus - Mactrellona
      Genus - Mactromeris
      Genus - Mactrotoma
      Genus - Simomactra