Venerida

Venerida
The hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Infraclass: Heteroconchia
Subterclass: Euheterodonta
Superorder: Imparidentia
Order: Venerida
Gray, 1854
Families

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Synonyms

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]

  1. ^ "Cardiida". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  2. ^ "Venerida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-16.