Class Bivalvia
(bivalves and clams)

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

• Parent taxa
  
  
  
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  Phylum Mollusca (mollusks)
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  Class Bivalvia (bivalves and clams)
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  Superorder Cryptodonta
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  Subclass Heterodonta
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  Order Myoida
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  Order Veneroida
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  Subclass Palaeoheterodonta
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  Order Trigonioida
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  Order Unionoida
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  Order Pholadomyoida
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  Subclass Protobranchia
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  Order Nuculoida
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  Order Solemyoida
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  Subclass Pteriomorphia
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  Order Arcoida
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  Order Limoida
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  Order Mytiloida
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  Order Ostreoida
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  Order Pterioida