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: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Penitella penita
      Species - Penitella gabbii
      Species - Penitella conradi
      Species - Penitella fitchi
      Species - Penitella kamakurensis
      Species - Penitella turnerae
      Species - Penitella hopkinsi
      Species - Penitella richardsoni