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Pholadida

Bivalvia - Pholadida

Taxonomy

Pholadida was named by Gray (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pholadiformii by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Myoidea, Pholadoidea (syn. Pholadacea), Pleuromyoidea

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Pholadida Gray
2011	Pholadida Carter et al. p. 17

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Pholadida Gray 1854

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Superfm. Myoidea Lamarck 1809

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Fm. Corbulidae Lamarck 1818

G. †Aloides Muhlfeld 1811

G. Anticorbula Dall 1898

†Anticorbula mencheri Palmer 1945

†Anticorbula miocaenica Wesselingh 2006

G. †Antiquicorbula Hautmann 2001

†Antiquicorbula concentrica Hautmann 2001

G. Bicorbula Fischer 1887

†Bicorbula gallicula Deshayes 1857

†Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833

†Bicorbula kutchensis Halder and Bano 2015

†Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801

†Corbula (Bicorbula) harpa Archaic and Haime 1854

†Corbula (Bicorbula) ickei Martin 1914

†Corbula (Bicorbula) manantialense Etayo-Serna 1979

†Corbula (Bicorbula) praexarata Cox 1930

†Corbula (Bicorbula) pseudorakhiensis Eames 1951

†Corbula (Bicorbula) samanaensis Cox 1930

†Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata d'Archaic and Haime 1854

†Corbula (Bicorbula) tjiguhanensis Martin 1922

G. †Bothrocorbula Gabb 1873

†Bothrocorbula radiatula Dall 1898

†Bothrocorbula smithiana Maury 1912

†Bothrocorbula synarmostes Dall 1898

†Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866

†Bothrocorbula wilcoxii Dall 1898

Subfm. †Caestocorbulinae Vokes 1945

G. †Caestocorbula Vincent 1910

Subg. †Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula)

Subg. Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula) Vincent 1910

†Caestocorbula allisoni Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula angustata Sowerby 1832

†Caestocorbula attina Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula aura Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula cavus Squires and Saul 2004

†Caestocorbula clarendonensis Wrigley 1925

†Caestocorbula crassiplica Gabb 1860

†Caestocorbula fossata

†Caestocorbula gigantica Roy and Mukherjee 2017

†Caestocorbula gujaratensis Halder and Bano 2015

†Caestocorbula henckeliusiana Nyst 1836

†Caestocorbula kubera Kendrick and Vartak 2007

†Caestocorbula murchisonii Lea 1833

†Caestocorbula subtumida Nagao 1928

Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) subtumida Nagao 1928 [synonym]

†Caestocorbula twiningi Glibert and van de Poel 1966

†Caestocorbula wailesiana

G. †Parmicorbula Vokes 1944

†Parmicorbula gibbosa Lea 1833

G. Caryocorbula Gardner 1926

Subg. Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner 1926

Caryocorbula amethystina Olsson 1961

†Caryocorbula basteroti Hörnes 1870

Caryocorbula biradiata Sowerby 1833

Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845

Invalid names: Caryocorbula barrattiana Adams 1852 [synonym], Corbula swiftiana Adams 1852 [synonym]

†Caryocorbula cauveriensis Kendrick and Vartak 2007

Caryocorbula chittyana Adams 1852

†Caryocorbula coani Squires and Saul 2004

Caryocorbula cocconii Fontannes 1881

†Caryocorbula complicata Hanna 1924

Invalid names: Corbula dilatata Waring 1917 [replaced]

†Caryocorbula conradi Gardner 1944

Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822

†Caryocorbula cowlitzensis Dickerson 1917

†Caryocorbula cuneata Say 1824

†Caryocorbula deusseni

Caryocorbula dietziana Adams 1852

†Caryocorbula domenginica Vokes 1939

†Caryocorbula dominicensis Gabb 1873

†Caryocorbula engonatoides Gardner 1927

†Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965

†Caryocorbula georgiana Stephenson 1956

†Caryocorbula greda Olsson 1928

†Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864

†Caryocorbula jabonillaensis Olsson 1928

†Caryocorbula lomana Squires and Saul 2004

Caryocorbula luteola Carpenter 1864 [western corbula]

†Caryocorbula manzanillensis Maury 1925

Caryocorbula marmorata Hinds 1843

†Caryocorbula minima d'Orbigny 1847

Caryocorbula nasuta Sowerby 1833

†Caryocorbula onoensis Squires and Saul 2004

†Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922

†Caryocorbula oropendula stena Woodring 1982

†Caryocorbula oropendula dolicha Woodring 1982

†Caryocorbula orosi Olsson 1922

Caryocorbula ovulata Sowerby 1835

†Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864

†Caryocorbula phruda Woodring 1982

†Caryocorbula pixidata Tate 1887

†Caryocorbula pixidicula Deshayes 1857

†Caryocorbula platys Woodring 1982

†Caryocorbula prenasuta Olsson 1964

†Caryocorbula quirosana Hodson 1931

†Caryocorbula salina Olsson 1928

†Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801

†Caryocorbula subcontracta Whitfield 1894

†Caryocorbula traskii Gabb 1864

†Caryocorbula urumacoensis Hodson and Hodson 1931

†Caryocorbula vacca Squires and Saul 2004

†Caryocorbula veatchi Stephenson 1956

†Caryocorbula veatchi longa Stephenson 1956

†Caryocorbula willistoni Meyer 1885

G. †Concentricavalva Wesselingh 2006

†Concentricavalva concentrica Wesselingh 2006

G. †Coquandia

G. Corbula Bruguière 1789

Subg. Corbula (Anisocorbula) Iredale 1930

†Anisocorbula ohiroi Masuda 1966

†Caryocorbula (Anisocorbula) osawanoensis Tsuda 1959

†Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis Martin 1879

Corbula (Anisocorbula) taheitensis Lamarck 1818

Invalid names: Corbula modesta Hinds 1843 [synonym]

Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis Lamarck 1818

Subg. Corbula (Caryocorbula) Gardner 1926

†Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833

†Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946

†Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

Corbula (Caryocorbula) nuciformis Sowerby 1833

Corbula (Caryocorbula) porcella Dall 1916

†Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea Dall 1898

Invalid names: Corbula (Cuneocorbula) caimitica Maury 1917 [synonym], Corbula (Cuneocorbula) cercadica Maury 1917 [synonym]

†Corbula (Caryocorbula) taylorensis Mansfield 1940

†Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitei Richards 1945

Subg. Corbula (Corbula) Bruguière 1798

†Corbula (Corbula) jurassica Repin 2013

†Corbula (Corbula) njalindungensis Martin 1922

Subg. Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930

Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata Smith 1879

†Notocorbula adelaidensis Ludbrook 1955

†Notocorbula coxi

†Notocorbula ephamilla Tate 1887

†Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885

†Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806

†Notocorbula texana Gabb 1860

Subg. †Corbula (Serracorbula) Olsson 1961

Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa Hinds 1843

Subg. Corbula (Solidicorbula)

Subg. Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson 1932

†Corbula (Tenuicorbula) dajacensis Martin 1899

†Tenuicorbula acutirostra Spieker 1922

†Tenuicorbula anatina Lamarck 1806

†Tenuicorbula bravoana Spieker 1922

†Tenuicorbula melajoensis Jung 1969

Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833

Subg. Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931

Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792

†Corbula (Varicorbula) gibbiformis Grant, IV and Gale 1931

†Corbula (Varicorbula) hatcheri Ortmann 1900

†Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici Maury 1925

†Varicorbula baea Woodring 1982

†Varicorbula bradleyi Nelson 1870

†Varicorbula capayana Vokes 1939

†Varicorbula chipolana Gardner 1928

†Varicorbula crassimarginata Meek and Hayden 1860

†Varicorbula disparilis d'Orbigny 1853

Invalid names: Corbula (Aloidis) heterogena Guppy 1898 [synonym], Corbula waltonensis Gardner 1928 [synonym]

†Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838

†Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818

†Varicorbula granti Olsson 1942

†Varicorbula hodsoni Clark and Durham 1946

†Varicorbula islatrinitatis Maury 1925

Invalid names: Corbula (Corbula) carrizalana Hodson 1931 [synonym]

Varicorbula krebsiana Adams 1854

†Varicorbula laqueata Casey 1903

†Varicorbula minuta Deshayes 1824

†Varicorbula operculum Philippi 1848

†Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866

†Varicorbula zuliana Hodson 1931

†Corbula acutangula Issel 1869

†Corbula acuticostata Martin 1885

†Corbula alpina Winckler 1859

†Corbula alta Conrad 1848

†Corbula arnoldi Woods 1922

†Corbula atlantica Furon 1948

†Corbula azzarolae Stoppani 1865

†Corbula betsyae Marincovich, Jr. 1993

Corbula birostrata Trentanove 1901

†Corbula blakei Gabb 1864

†Corbula buckmani Lycett 1863

†Corbula burnsi Dall 1937

†Corbula cancellifera Stoliczka 1858

†Corbula carinata Dujardin 1837

†Corbula carinata oligolaevis Sacco 1901

†Corbula carolinensis Conrad 1875

†Corbula cliffensis Hanna 1927

†Corbula compressa Lea 1833

†Corbula cotuhensis Wesselingh 2006

†Corbula daghaniensis Cox 1935

†Corbula densata Conrad 1854

†Corbula diaboli Clark and Woodford 1927

†Corbula diegoana Conrad 1855

†Corbula ecuabula Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

†Corbula elliptotrigona Traub 1938

†Corbula engonata Conrad 1848

†Corbula evansana Shumard 1858

†Corbula extenuata Dall 1898

†Corbula filosa Stanton 1895

†Corbula franklini Nelson 1925

†Corbula ganguararica Maury 1936

†Corbula gibbosa Lea 1833

†Corbula grandidieri Newton 1895

†Corbula gregorioi Cossmann 1894

†Corbula inaequalis Say 1824

†Corbula inaequalis mansfieldi Richards 1947

†Corbula incurvata von Koenen 1897

†Corbula intastriata Conrad 1848

†Corbula involuta Kossmat 1893

†Corbula islipensis Lycett 1863

†Corbula khalidi Abbass 1972

†Corbula knoxiana Adams 1852

†Corbula lacteana Russell and Landes 1937

Corbula lyoni Pilsbry 1897

†Corbula lyonsi Oppenheim 1906

†Corbula lyra Maury 1930

†Corbula mekranica Vredenburg 1928

†Corbula muricina Deshayes 1857

†Corbula negritensis Olsson 1928

†Corbula nematophora Meek 1893

†Corbula nigeriensis Adegoke 1977

†Corbula obliquata Deshayes 1857

†Corbula oldhami Hislop 1859

†Corbula onestae McLearn 1929

†Corbula oniscus Conrad 1833

†Corbula palliseri McLearn 1929

†Corbula paracasensis Rivera 1957

†Corbula paracrassa Wade 1926

†Corbula parinasensis Woods 1922

†Corbula parsura Stoliczka 1871

†Corbula pectinata Sowerby 1840

†Corbula percompressa Gardner 1916

†Corbula peruviana Woods 1922

†Corbula primorsa Gabb 1864

†Corbula regulbiensis Morris 1854

†Corbula rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927

†Corbula sinuosa Martin 1884

†Corbula spectabilis Deshayes 1857

†Corbula sphenia Dall 1900

†Corbula sprouli Warren 1934

†Corbula stillwaterensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

†Corbula striatina Deshayes 1857

†Corbula striatuloides Forbes 1846

†Corbula subengota

†Corbula sublineata Böhm 1891

Corbula sulcata Lamarck 1801

†Corbula sulcifera Hislop 1859

†Corbula taheri Abbass 1972

†Corbula tenuisulcata Vredenburg 1928

†Corbula terramaria Gardner 1916

†Corbula tomulata Hanna 1927

†Corbula trigonalis Soweby 1840

†Corbula tumida Böhm 1891

†Corbula tunicosulcata Vredenburg 1928

†Corbula ursaniensis Russell and Landes 1937

†Corbula wardii Hanna 1927

†Corbula waringi Woods 1922

†Corbula woodsi Hanna and Israelsky 1925

†Corbulamella suffalciata Wade 1926

Invalid names: Aloidis Megerle 1811 [synonym]

Subfm. †Corbulamellinae Vokes 1945

G. †Corbulamella Meek 1857

†Corbulamella gregaria Meek and Hayden 1856

Invalid names: Corbula inornata Meek and Hayden 1858 [synonym]

Subfm. Corbulinae Lamarck 1818

G. †Anapteris Van Winkle 1919

†Anapteris regalis

G. †Corbulomima Vokes 1945

†Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900

†Corbulomima obscura Sowerby 1821

†Corbulomima wulanwulaensis Sha 1995

G. †Eoursivivas Ota 1964

†Eoursivivas cultriformis Gabb 1864

G. †Excorbula Squires and Saul 2004

†Excorbula coqua Squires and Saul 2004

†Excorbula parkyi Squires and Saul 2004

†Excorbula shastana Squires and Saul 2004

G. †Flexicorbula Chavan 1947

G. †Panzacorbula Squires and Saul 2004

†Panzacorbula pozo Dailey and Popenoe 1966

G. Physoida

G. †Ursirivus Vokes 1945

G. †Vokesula Stenzel and J. T. 1957

†Vokesula aldrichi Meyer 1885

†Vokesula smithvillensis Harris 1919

Invalid names: Potamocorbulinae Habe 1977 [synonym]

G. †Cuneocorbula Cossmann 1886

†Corbula (Cuneocorbula) formosa Devjatilova and Volobueva 1981

†Corbula (Cuneocorbula) kyushuensis Nagao 1928

†Cuneocorbula angulata Lamarck 1806

†Cuneocorbula biangulata Deshayes 1860

†Cuneocorbula griswoldensis Vokes 1939

†Cuneocorbula helenae Maury 1912

†Cuneocorbula subengonata Dall 1898

†Cuneocorbula torreyensis Hanna 1927

†Cuneocorbula weaveri Maury 1912

†Cuneocorbula whitfieldi Brown 1905

G. †Cuspicorbula Olsson 1928

†Cuspicorbula busera Olsson 1928

Fm. Erodoninae Winckworth 1932

G. Erodona Daudin 1802

Erodona mactroides Daudin 1802

†Erodona vaderensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

Invalid names: Potamomya [synonym]

G. †Exallocorbula Nemésio et al. 2006

†Exallocorbula dispar Conrad 1874

G. †Ficusocorbula Korobkov 1954

†Ficusocorbula ficus Solander 1766

G. Hexacorbula Olsson 1932

†Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) buenavistana Hodson 1927

†Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana Olsson 1932

†Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis Toula 1909

Caryocorbula (Hexacorbula) esmeralda Olsson 1961

Hexacorbula esmeralda Olsson 1961

†Hexacorbula hexacyma Brown and Pilsbry 1913

G. †Hudsonina Yin and Fürsich 1992

Invalid names: Hudsonella Yin and Fürsich 1991 [replaced]

G. †Indocorbula

†Indocorbula lyrata Sowerby 1840

G. Juliacorbula Olsson 1953

†Corbula (Juliacorbula) fossilis Pilsbry 1922

†Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916

Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836

Juliacorbula bicarinata Sowerby 1833

†Juliacorbula boggsi Olsson 1928

Juliacorbula cubaniana d'Orbigny 1853

†Juliacorbula scutata Gardner 1943

†Juliacorbula tangara Olsson 1928

Subfm. †Lentidiinae Vokes 1945

G. Corbulomya Nyst 1845

†Corbulomya antiquum Deshayes 1857

†Corbulomya chevallieri Deshayes 1857

†Corbulomya pullus Deshayes 1857

†Corbulomya seminulum Deshayes 1857

G. Lentidium Cristofori 1832

Subg. †Lentidium (Ajanssenium) Kadolsky 1989

Subg. †Lentidium (Janschinella)

Subg. Lentidium (Lentidium) Cristofori 1832

†Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822

G. †Lhasanella Yin and Grant-Mackie 2005

†Lhasanella lhasaensis Yin and Grant-Mackie 2005

G. †Nipponicorbula

G. Ostomya Conrad 1874

†Ostomya carinata Wesselingh 2006

†Ostomya myiformis Wesselingh 2006

†Ostomya papyria Conrad 1874

Subfm. †Pachydontinae Vokes 1945

G. †Pachydon

†Pachydon altus Conrad 1871

†Pachydon amazonensis Gabb 1869

†Pachydon andersonae Wesselingh 2006

†Pachydon carinatus Conrad 1871

†Pachydon cebada Anderson 1928

†Pachydon cuneatus Conrad 1871

†Pachydon ellipticus Wesselingh 2006

†Pachydon erectum Conrad 1871

†Pachydon hettneri Anderson 1928

Invalid names: Corbula scheibei Anderson 1928 [synonym]

†Pachydon iquitensis de Greve 1938

†Pachydon ledaeformis Dall 1872

†Pachydon maaikeae Wesselingh 2006

†Pachydon obliquus Gabb 1869

†Pachydon ovatus Conrad 1871

†Pachydon telliniformis Wesselingh 2006

†Pachydon tenuis Gabb 1869

†Pachydon trigonalis Nuttall 1990

G. †Tiza

G. †Pachyrotunda Wesselingh 2006

†Pachyrotunda rotundata Wesselingh 2006

G. Panamicorbula Pilsbry 1932

†Panamicorbula canae Anderson 1996

Panamicorbula ventricosa Adams and Reeve 1850

G. †Pulsidis

G. †Rostrocorbula Harper et al. 2002

†Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni Morris 1853

G. †Semicorbula

Invalid names: Aloididae Thiele 1935 [synonym], Caryocorbulinae Gardner 1926 [empty], Lentidinae De Cristofori and Jan 1832 [empty]

Fm. Myidae Lamarck 1809 [softshell clam]

G. Cryptomya Conrad 1848

Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 [California softshell]

†Cryptomya californica magna Dall 1921

Invalid names: Cryptomya oregonensis Dall 1909 [synonym], Cryptomya ovalis Conrad 1856 [synonym], Macoma kerica Hendrickson 1928 [synonym], Mya inopia Hanna 1924 [synonym]

†Cryptomya quadrata Arnold 1909

†Cryptomya quadrata vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923

†Cryptomya washingtoniana Weaver 1912

†Mya (Cryptomya) incognita Clark 1918

G. Mya Linnaeus 1758

Subg. †Mya (Antiguamya) Effinger 1938

†Mya (Antiguamya) arnoldi Dickerson 1917

Subg. Mya (Arenomya) Winkworth 1930

Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 [soft-shelled clam]

Invalid names: Mya japonica Jay 1857 [synonym]

†Mya (Arenomya) arrosis MacNeil 1965

†Mya (Arenomya) dickersoni Clark 1915