NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Protothaca staminea
      Species - Protothaca tenerrima
      Species - Protothaca laciniata
      Species - Protothaca grata
      Species - Protothaca granulata
      Species - Protothaca asperrima
      Species - Protothaca metodon
      Species - Protothaca pectorina
      Species - Protothaca thaca