Bivalvia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclasses (2): Autobranchia – Protobranchia
Ordines incertae sedis (2): †Fordillida – †Tuarangiida

Name

Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758: 645

Synonymy

Lamellibranchiata Blainville, 1816: 122
Conchifera Lamarck, 1818: 411
Pelecypoda Goldfuss, 1820: 599

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Blainville, H. 1816. Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1816: 105–112 + 121–124. BHL
Lamarck,J.-B.M. de. 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième. Deterville/Verdière: Paris. 612 pp. BHL
Goldfuss, G.A. 1820. Handbuch der Zoologie. In Schubert, G.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Erste Abteilung 1–696, pls. 1–2; Zweite Abteilung: i–xxiv, 1–510, pls. 3–4.

Additional references

Dall, W.H. 1889. On the hinge of pelecypods and its development, with an attempt toward a better subdivision of the group. American Journal of Science Series 3, 38(228): 445–462. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-38.228.445 BHL Reference page.
Newell, N.D. 1965. Classification of the Bivalvia. American Museum Novitates 2206: 1–25. hdl: 2246/4472 Reference page.
Scarlato, O.A. & Starobogatov, Y.I. 1979. Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia. in Starobogatov, Y.I. (ed.). Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80: 5–38. Reference page.
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families. Malacologia 52(2): 1–184. DOI: 10.4002/040.052.0201 Reference page.
Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classification of Bivalve Families. pp. 113–133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (eds.). Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1–184. DOI: 10.4002/040.052.0201 BHL Reference page.
Carter, J.G., Altaba, C.R., Anderson, L.C., Araujo, R., Biakov, A.S., Bogan, A.E., Campbell, D.C., Campbell, M., Chen, J.-H., Cope, J.C.W., Delvene, G., Dijkstra, H.H., Fang, Z.-J., Gardner, R.N., Gavrilova, V.A., Goncharova, I.A., Harries, P.J., Hartman, J.H., Hautmann, M., Hoeh, W.R., Hylleberg, J., Jiang, B.-Y., Johnston, P., Kirkendale, L., Kleemann, K., Koppka, J., Kříž, J., Machado, D., Malchus, N., Márquez-Aliaga, A., Masse, J.-P., McRoberts, C.A., Middelfart, P.U., Mitchell, S., Nevesskaja, L.A., Özer, S., Pojeta, Jr., J., Polubotko, I.V., Pons, J.M., Popov, S., Sámchez, T., Sartori, A.F., Scott, R.W., Sey, I.I., Signorelli, J.H., Silantiev, V.V., Skelton, P.W., Steuber, T., Waterhouse, J.B., Wingard, G.L. & Yancey, T. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions 4: 1–47. DOI: 10.17161/PC.1808.8287 hdl: 1808/8287 Reference page.
Smith, S.A., Wilson, N.G., Goetz, F.E., Feehery, C., Andrade, S.C.S., Rouse, G.W., Giribet, G. & Dunn, C.W. 2011. Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools. Nature 480: 364–367. DOI: 10.1038/nature10526 Reference page.
Sharma, P.P., González, V.L., Kawauchi, G.Y., Andrade, S.C.S., Guzmán, A., Collins, T.M., Glover, E.A., Harper, E.M., Healy, J.M., Mikkelsen, P.M., Taylor, J.D., Bieler, R. & Giribet, G. 2012 Phylogenetic analysis of four nuclear protein-encoding genes largely corroborates the traditional classification of Bivalvia (Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(1): 64–74. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.025 Reference page.
Bieler, R., Mikkelsen, P.M., Collins, T.M., Glover, E.A., González, V.L., Graf, D.L., Harper, E.M., Healy, J., Kawauchi, G.Y., Sharma, P.P., Staubach, S., Strong, E.E., Taylor, J.D., Tëmkin, I., Zardus, J.D., Clark, S., Guzmán, A., McIntyre, E., Sharp, P. & Giribet, G. 2014. Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics 28(1): 32–115. DOI: 10.1071/IS13010 Reference page.
González, V.L., Andrade, S.C.S., Bieler, R., Collins, T.M., Dunn, C.W., Mikkelsen, P.M., Taylor, J.D. & Giribet, G. 2015. A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: An RNA-seq approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282(1801): 20142332. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2332 Reference page.
Combosch, D.J., Collins, T.M., Glover, E.A., Graf, D.L., Harper, E.M., Healy, J.M., Kawauchi, G.Y., Lemer, S., McIntyre, E., Strong, E.E., Taylor, J.D., Zardus, J.D., Mikkelsen, P.M., Giribet, G. & Bieler, R. 2017. A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 191–208. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.11.003 Reference page.
Lemer, S., Bieler, R. & Giribet, G. 2019. Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286(1896): 20182684. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2684 Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Двухстворкавыя
català: Bivalve
čeština: Mlži
dansk: Muslinger
Deutsch: Muscheln
Ελληνικά: Δίθυρα (Πελεκύποδα)
English: Bivalves
español: Bivalvo
suomi: Simpukat
Nordfriisk: Twiiskaalagen
français: Bivalves
hts: Zza-ko
magyar: Kagylók
հայերեն: Երկփեղկանիներ
日本語: 二枚貝綱
македонски: Школки
Plattdüütsch: Musseln
Nederlands: Tweekleppigen
norsk nynorsk: Muslingar
norsk: Muslinger
polski: Małże
português: Bivalves
română: Bivalve
русский: Двустворчатые моллюски
shqip: Midii
svenska: Musslor
தமிழ்: இருசீர் நரம்பிகள்
ไทย: หอยฝาคู่
Türkçe: Çiftçenetliler
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Siang-khak-kong
中文: 雙殼綱

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