Bivalvia - Heteroconchia

Alternative spelling: Paleoheterodonta

Synonym: Uniomorphi Gray 1854

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1965. Classification of the Bivalvia. American Museum Novitates 2206:1-25

Parent taxon: Heteroconchia according to R. Bieler et al. 2014

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Cope 1996, Cope 1997, Giribet and Wheeler 2002, Newell 1965, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Archiheterodonta, Eoastartella, Euheterodonta, Heterodonta, Heterodonta, Lipanellidae, Parenia

Subtaxa: Thoraliidae Trigoniida Unioni Unionida

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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