Biology:Heterodonta

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Short description: Subclass of molluscs

Heterodonta
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The venerid species Austrovenus stutchburyi, the New Zealand cockle, is sold internationally as sea food.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Infraclass: Heteroconchia
Subterclass: Heterodonta
Orders

Heterodonta is a taxonomic subclass of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This subclass includes the edible clams, the cockles and the Venus clams.[1]

Description

These bivalves are distinguished by having the two halves of the shell equally sized (i.e, they are equivalved) and having a few cardinal teeth separated from a number of long lateral teeth. Their shells lack a nacreous layer, and the gills are lamellibranch in form. Most species have a siphon.[2]

Orders and families

In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the subclass Heterodonta.[3] The following tree is their info which has been updated with the latest information from the World Register of Marine Species:

Subclass: Heterodonta

  • Unclassified family: †Lipanellidae
  • Infraclass: Archiheterodonta[4][5]
    • Order: †Actinodontida[6]
      • Superfamily: †Amnigenioidea
        • Family: †Amnigeniidae
        • Family: †Montanariidae
        • Family: †Zadimerodiidae
      • Superfamily: †Anodontopsoidea
        • Family: †Actinodontidae
        • Family: †Anodontopsidae
        • Family: †Baidiostracidae
        • Family: †Cycloconchidae
        • Family: †Intihuarellidae
        • Family: †Redoniidae
      • Superfamily: †Nyassoidea
        • Family: †Nyassidae
      • Superfamily: †Oriocrassatelloidea
        • Family: †Crassatellopsidae
        • Family: †Oriocrassatellidae
      • Superfamily: †Palaeomuteloidea
        • Family: †Palaeomutelidae
    • Order: Carditida[7]

Notes:

  • Family †Lyrodesmatidae was classified by Bieler, Carter & Coan (2010) as uncertain Heterodonta but has since been classified as Palaeoheterodonta.[23]
  • Family †Redoniidae was classified by Bieler, Carter & Coan (2010) as uncertain Heterodonta but has since been classified more specifically as Anodontopsoidea.[24]
  • Family †Lipanellidae was classified by Bieler, Carter & Coan (2010) as uncertain Heteroconchia (a proposed infraclass of the proposed bivalve subclass Autobranchia) but has since been classified as uncertain Heterodonta.[25]

References

  1. Heterodonta Neumayr, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2009.
  2. Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 340. ISBN 0-03-056747-5. 
  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
  4. Archiheterodonta Giribet in Taylor, Williams, Glover & Dyal, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2009.
  5. Giribet G. 2008. Bivalvia. Pp. 105-141, in: Ponder W.F. & Lindberg D.L. (eds), Molluscan Phylogeny. Berkeley: University of California Press, xi+469 pp.
  6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Actinodontida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833261. 
  7. Carditoida Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2010.
  8. Euheterodonta Giribet in Taylor, Williams, Glover & Dyal, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2009.
  9. Unassigned Euheterodonta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2009.
  10. Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  11. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Imparidentia" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869600. 
  12. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Adapedonta". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869601. 
  13. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cardiida". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869602. 
  14. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Galeommatida" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326015. 
  15. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gastrochaenida" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326014. 
  16. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippuritida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833312. 
  17. Lucinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2010.
  18. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Megalodontida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833299. 
  19. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Modiomorphida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833292. 
  20. Myoida Stoliczka, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  21. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sphaeriida" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326016. 
  22. Veneroida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  23. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lyrodesmatidae P. Fischer, 1886 †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833208. 
  24. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Redoniidae Babin, 1966 †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833268. 
  25. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lipanellidae Sánchez, 2005 †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833260. 

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