Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
| Lucinida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Infraclass: | Heteroconchia |
| Subterclass: | Euheterodonta |
| Superorder: | Imparidentia |
| Order: | Lucinida Gray, 1854[1] |
| Families | |
See text | |
| Synonyms | |
Lucinoida | |
Families
In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia.[2] Lucinoida (now Lucinida) thus became an order of its own.[1] It includes the following two superfamilies:
- Superfamily: Lucinoidea
- Family: Lucinidae
- Family: †Mactromyidae
- Family: †Paracyclidae
- Superfamily: Thyasiroidea
- Family: Thyasiridae