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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Cardioidea
Familia: Cardiidae
Name

Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809
References

Cardioidea in the World Register of Marine Species
Cardioidea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Cardioidea is a taxonomic superfamily of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs consisting of the extant Cardiidae (cockles) and the extinct Pterocardiidae.
Taxonomy

These families are assigned to Cardioidea:[1]

Family: Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809[2]
Subfamily Cardiinae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Clinocardiinae Kafanov, 1975
Subfamily Fraginae Stewart, 1930
Subfamily Laevicardiinae Keen, 1951
Subfamily †Lahilliinae Finlay & Marwick, 1937†
Subfamily Lymnocardiinae Stoliczka, 1870
Subfamily Orthocardiinae J. A. Schneider, 2002
Subfamily †Protocardiinae Bronn, 1849†
Subfamily Trachycardiinae Stewart, 1930
Subfamily Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819
Family: †Pterocardiidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Genus †Pterocardia Bayan, 1874[3]
Species †Pterocardia alata Rollier, 1912
Species †Pterocardia brouzetense Cossmann, 1907
Species †Pterocardia cochleata (Quenstedt, 1852)
Species †Pterocardia corallina (Leymerie, 1845)
Species †Pterocardia couloni Rollier, 1912
Species †Pterocardia subminuta (d'Orbigny, 1850)
Species †Pterocardia valfinense Rollier, 1912
Species †Pterocardia wimmisense Rollier, 1912

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=229 on 2019-05-16
MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pterocardia Bayan, 1874 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873298 on 2019-05-16

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