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Eligmidae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae

Taxonomy
Eligmidae was named by Gill (1871).

It was assigned to Pteriomorphia by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Ostreoidea by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Eligmidae Gill
2010Eligmidae Bouchet et al.
2011Eligmidae Carter et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyEligmidaeGill 1871
familyEligmidaeGill 1871

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.

Fm. †Eligmidae Gill 1871
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G. †Eligmus Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856
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Eligmus aualites Stefanini 1925
Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907
Eligmus weiri Cox 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available