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Nyassoidea

Bivalvia - Actinodontida

Taxonomy
Nyassioidea was named by Hall (1885).

It was corrected as Nyassoidea by Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Unionoida by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Actinodontida by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Nyassioidea Hall
2009Nyassioidea Nevesskaja
2011Nyassoidea Carter et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderActinodontida()
superfamilyNyassoidea(Hall 1885)
superfamilyNyassoidea(Hall 1885)

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.

Superfm. †Nyassoidea Hall 1885
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Fm. †Nyassidae Hall 1885
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G. †Nyassa Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Nyassa parva Walcott 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available