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: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Zirfaea
      Genus - Penitella
      Genus - Cyrtopleura
      Genus - Barnea
      Genus - Diplothyra
      Genus - Martesia
      Genus - Jouannetia
      Genus - Pholas
      Genus - Nettastomella
      Genus - Xylophaga
      Genus - Chaceia
      Genus - Xyloredo
      Genus - Parapholas
      Genus - Netastoma
      Genus - Pholadidea