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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: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Ostreida
SubOrdo: Ostreina
Superfamiliae: Dimyoidea - Ostreoidea - Plicatuloidea

Ostreina is a suborder of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Ostreoida.[1] It contains the superfamilies Dimyoidea, Ostreoidea and Plicatuloidea.
References

Johnston, Paul A. (1992). "The palaeozoic pelecypod family Rhombopteriidae and the evolution of the Ostreina". The Paleontological Society Special Publications. 6: 153. doi:10.1017/S2475262200007139. ISSN 2475-2622.


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