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Monopteriidae

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Monopteriidae

Taxonomy
Monopteriidae was named by Newell (1969) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5082]. Its type is Monopteria.

It was assigned to Ambonychiacea by Vokes (1980); and to Ambonychioidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Monopteria (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Monopteriidae Newell
1980Monopteriidae Vokes p. 34
2009Monopteriidae Nevesskaja
2010Monopteriidae Bouchet et al.
2011Monopteriidae Carter et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMonopteriidaeNewell 1969
familyMonopteriidaeNewell 1969

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. †Monopteriidae Newell 1969
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G. †Monopteria Meek and Worthen 1866
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Monopteria marian White 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available