Pectinoida

Pectinoida Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Pteriomorphia
Order:	Pectinoida
Families
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Pectinoida is a taxonomic suborder of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks, commonly known as scallops and their allies.^[1] It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician era; many species, of course, are still extant.^[2]

2010 Taxonomy

In 2010 a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the suborder Pectinoida.^[3]

• Superfamily: Anomioidea
  • Family: Anomiidae (jingle shells)
  • Family: Placunidae (windowpane oysters & saddle oysters)
• Superfamily: Plicatuloidea
  • Family: Plicatulidae (kittenpaws)
• Superfamily: Dimyoidea
  • Family: Dimyidae (dimyidarian oysters)
• Superfamily: Pectinoidea
  • Family: Entoliidae (entoliids)
  • Family: Pectinidae (scallops)
  • Family: Propeamussiidae (propeamussiids))
  • Family: Spondylidae (thorny oysters)

References

1. Pectinoida Gray, 1854.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
2. Matsumoto, M. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of the subclass Pteriomorphia (Bivalvia) from mtDNA COI sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27 (3): 429. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00013-7.
3. Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184