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Teleodesmacea (disused)

Bivalvia - Teleodesmacea

Taxonomy
Teleodesmacea is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pelecypoda by Glenn (1904), Olsson (1931) and Rivera (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Teleodesmacea Glenn p. 274
1931Teleodesmacea Olsson p. 43
1957Teleodesmacea Rivera p. 193

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
orderTeleodesmacea
orderTeleodesmacea

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.

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Superfm. Astartoidea d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Astartacea d'Orbigny 1844 [replaced]
Invalid names: Adesmacea Blainville 1824 [empty], Diagenodonta [empty], Isocardiacea [empty], Teleodonta [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available