Lucinida Explained

Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

Families

In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia.^[1] Lucinoida (now Lucinida) thus became an order of its own. It includes the following two superfamilies:

• Superfamily: Lucinoidea
  • Family: Lucinidae
  • Family: †Mactromyidae
  • Family: †Paracyclidae
• Superfamily: Thyasiroidea
  • Family: Thyasiridae

Notes and References

1. Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184