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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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 191-208., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316303104 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Molecular study by Combosch et al. (2017) showed that Cleidothaerus is sister to the cementing member of of Myochama (Myochamidae), suggesting that Cleidothaeridae might not be a valid family. [details]