Infraclass Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944 (clam)
Synonym: Pteriomorphia Don't pick this [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Autobranchia according to R. Bieler et al. 2014
See also Adegoke 1977, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Cope 1996, Cope 1997, Damborenea 2002, Giribet and Wheeler 2002, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Grant-Mackie 1978, Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie 2008, Lin et al. 2007, Newell 1965, Schnetler et al. 2024, Scholz et al. 2008, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1999, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, Waller 2011, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Cercomyidae, Heteroconchia
Subtaxa: Arcida Limida Mytilida Mytilomorphi Ostreida Ostreomorphi Pectinida Prionodonta Pterioida Yunannioidea
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder