WoRMS taxon details
Sareptoidea Stoliczka, 1870
- Family Sareptidae Stoliczka, 1870
marine
Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955 [details]
Taxonomy Sharma et al. (2013: 198-199) were the first to write unambiguously that Sareptidae belong in the Nuculanida. In addition...
Taxonomy Sharma et al. (2013: 198-199) were the first to write unambiguously that Sareptidae belong in the Nuculanida. In addition to the phylogenetic reconstruction derived from molecular characters, there is also the absence of nacre which is discrepant with a placement in Nuculida [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sareptoidea Stoliczka, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868253 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Sharma, P. P.; Zardus, J. D.; Boyle, E. E.; González, V. L.; Jennings, R. M.; McIntyre, E.; Wheeler, W. C.; Etter, R. J.; Giribet, G. (2013). Into the deep: A phylogenetic approach to the bivalve subclass Protobranchia. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 69(1): 188-204., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.018 [details] Available for editors 
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status source Sato, K., Kano, Y., Setiamarga, D. H. E., Watanabe, H. K. & Sasaki, T. (2020). Molecular phylogeny of protobranch bivalves and systematic implications of their shell microstructure. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 49: 458-472., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12419 [details]
[request]status source Sato, K., Kano, Y., Setiamarga, D. H. E., Watanabe, H. K. & Sasaki, T. (2020). Molecular phylogeny of protobranch bivalves and systematic implications of their shell microstructure. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 49: 458-472., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12419 [details]
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Taxonomy Sharma et al. (2013: 198-199) were the first to write unambiguously that Sareptidae belong in the Nuculanida. In addition to the phylogenetic reconstruction derived from molecular characters, there is also the absence of nacre which is discrepant with a placement in Nuculida [details]
