Biology:Pectinina

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Short description: Suborder of bivalves

Pectinina
Scallop eyes.jpg
A view of a live scallop
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Suborder: Pectinina
Superfamilies

Pectinoidea

Anomioidea

Pectinina is a taxonomic grouping of saltwater clams, a suborder within the order Pectinida of marine bivalve molluscs.[1]

References

  1. Waller, T. R.; Yochelson, E. L. (1978). "Morphology, Morphoclines and a New Classification of the Pteriomorphia (Mollusca: Bivalvia) [and Discussion"]. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 284 (1001): 345–365. ISSN 0080-4622. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2418165. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3248033 entry