| Venerida | |
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| The hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Infraclass: | Heteroconchia |
| Subterclass: | Euheterodonta |
| Superorder: | Imparidentia |
| Order: | Venerida Gray, 1854 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Veneroida | |
Venerida (formerly Veneroida) is an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs. This order includes many familiar groups such as many clams that are valued for food and a number of freshwater bivalves.
Since the 2000s, the taxonomy currently represented in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) classifies several taxa contained in the former Veneroida into other orders, such as the new Cardiida (for Cardioidea and Tellinoidea) and Carditida (cockles and their allies).[1][2]
- ^ "Cardiida". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ^ "Venerida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-16.