Superfamily Mactroidea Lamarck 1809
Alternative spelling: Mactracea
Parent taxon: Veneroitei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Nevesskaja 2009, Olsson 1931, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Saul 1989, Squires 1987, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Arcticoidea, Chamoidea, Cyrenoidea, Gaimardioidea, Glossoidea, Hemidonacoidea, Ungulinoidea, Veneroidea
Subtaxa: Anatinellidae Cardiliidae Mactridae Mesodesmatidae