Family Margaritiferidae Haas 1940 (clam)
Bivalvia - Unionida - Margaritiferidae
Synonyms: Margaritanidae Ortmann 1910, Promargaritiferidae Woodward 1994, Promargaritiferinae Woodward 1994
Parent taxon: Unionoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Actinodontophoridae, Mutelidae, Pachycardiidae, Sancticarolitidae, Unionidae
Subtaxa: Cumberlandiinae Dianoconcha Margaritifera Mengyinaia Promargaritifera Pseudomargaritifera Solenoides
Type: Margaritifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
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