Pteriomorphia

Translingual

Pteria hirundo

Etymology

From Pteria +‎ -morphia.

Proper noun

Pteriomorphia

1. A taxonomic superorder within the class Bivalvia – very many bivalves, including the mussels, scallops, pen shells, and oysters.

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Arcida, Limoida, Mytilida, Ostreida, Pectinida, Pterioida (orders)
  • †Tuarangiida (extinct order)

References

• Pteriomorphia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pteriomorphia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pteriomorphia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pteriomorphia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Pteriomorphia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Pteriomorphia at World Register of Marine Species
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248