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Martesiinae U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931
492698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492698)
accepted
Subfamily
Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (type by original designation)
Pholadideinae Taki & Habe, 1955 · unaccepted
- Genus Aspidopholas P. Fischer, 1887
- Genus Chaceia R. D. Turner, 1955
- Genus Diplothyra Tryon, 1862
- Genus Lignopholas R. D. Turner, 1955
- Genus Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
- Genus Opertochasma Stephenson, 1952 †
- Genus Palaeolignopholas Bolotov, Aksenova, Vikhrev, Konopleva, Chapurina & Kondakov, 2021 †
- Genus Parapholas Conrad, 1849
- Genus Penitella Valenciennes, 1846
- Genus Pholadidea W. Turton, 1819
- Genus Turnus Gabb, 1864 †
- Genus Cadmusia Leach, 1852 accepted as Pholadidea W. Turton, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Diploplax Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (synonym)
- Genus Hastasia [sic] accepted as Hatasia J. E. Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea (Hatasia) J. E. Gray, 1851 represented as Pholadidea W. Turton, 1819 (misspelling by Olsson 1961)
- Genus Hatasia J. E. Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea (Hatasia) J. E. Gray, 1851 represented as Pholadidea W. Turton, 1819 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Hiata Zetek & R. A. McLean, 1936 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Martesiella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mesopholas Iw. Taki & T. Habe, 1945 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (synonym)
- Genus Navea J. E. Gray, 1851 accepted as Penitella Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pholameria Conrad, 1865 † accepted as Pholadidea W. Turton, 1819 (synonym)
- Genus Schroteria Tryon, 1862 accepted as Diplothyra Tryon, 1862 (synonym)
- Genus Scutigera Cossmann, 1886 accepted as Aspidopholas P. Fischer, 1887 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Scutigera Lamarck, 1801)
- Genus Talonella J. E. Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea W. Turton, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 433 [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
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Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 433 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
