Title
A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
The following classification summarizes the suprageneric taxono- my of the Bivalvia for the upcoming revision of the Bivalvia volumes of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N. The development of this classification began with Carter (1990a), Campbell, Hoeks- tra, and Carter (1995, 1998), Campbell (2000, 2003), and Carter, Campbell, and Campbell (2000, 2006), who, with assistance from the United States National Science Foundation, conducted large-scale morphological phylogenetic analyses of mostly Paleozoic bivalves, as well as molecular phylogenetic analyses of living bivalves. Dur- ing the past several years, their initial phylogenetic framework has been revised and greatly expanded through collaboration with many students of bivalve biology and paleontology, many of whom are coauthors. During this process, all available sources of phylogenetic information, including molecular, anatomical, shell morphological, shell microstructural, bio- and paleobiogeographic as well as strati- graphic, have been integrated into the classification. The more recent sources of phylogenetic information include, but are not limited to, Carter (1990a), Malchus (1990), J. Schneider (1995, 1998a, 1998b, 2002), T. Waller (1998), Hautmann (1999, 2001a, 2001b), Giribet and Wheeler (2002), Giribet and Distel (2003), Dreyer, Steiner, and Harper (2003), Matsumoto (2003), Harper, Dreyer, and Steiner (2006), Kappner and Bieler (2006), Mikkelsen and others (2006), Neulinger and others (2006), Taylor and Glover (2006), Kříž (2007),
1Author information provided in Appendix 4, p. 29 herein.
B. Morton (2007), Taylor, Williams, and Glover (2007), Taylor and others (2007), Giribet (2008), and Kirkendale (2009). This work has also benefited from the nomenclator of bivalve families by Bouchet and Rocroi (2010) and its accompanying classification by Bieler, Carter, and Coan (2010).
Recommended Citation
Carter, JG, CR Altaba, LC Anderson, R Araujo, AS Biakov, AE Bogan, DC Campbell, M Campbell, Chen Jh, JCW Cope, G Delvene, HH Dijkstra, Fang Zj, RN Gardner, VA Gavrilova, IA Goncharova, PJ Harries, JH Hartman, M Hautmann, WR Hoeh, J Hylleberg, Jiang By, P Johnston, L Kirkendale, K Kleemann, J Koppka, J Kříž, D Machado, N Malchus, A Márquez-Aliaga, JP Masse, CA McRoberts, PU Middelfart, S Mitchell, LA Nevesskaja, S Özer, J Pojeta, IV Polubotko, JM Pons, S Popov, T Sánchez, AF Sartori, RW Scott, II Sey, Sha Jg, JH Signorelli, VV Silantiev, PW Skelton, T Steuber, JB Waterhouse, GL Wingard, & T Yancey. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Kansas University Paleontological Contributions no. 4:ii+47. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/8287