Galeommatoidea
| Galeommatoidea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superorder: | Imparidentia |
| Order: | Galeommatida Lemer et al., 2019 |
| Superfamily: | Galeommatoidea Gray, 1840 |
| Families | |
Galeommatoidea a superfamily of bivalves classified in the monotypic order Galeommatida.
Galeommatoids exhibit symbiotic relationships with many different groups of benthic and burrowing invertebrates.[1] They capable of active locomotion, crawling on their foot like a snail.[2]
Galeommatoidea is a member of the heterodont bivalve clade Imparidentia, but its precise placement within that clade is poorly resolved.[3][4] As it falls outside of previously recognized imparidentian orders, it is classified in an order of its own, Galeommatida.[4] The monophyly of Galeommatoidea is strongly supported by molecular phylogenetic analyses.[1][3] However, the internal classficiation of Galeommatoidea is controversial, and it has been divided into various poorly-defined families that may not be monophyletic.[1] Over a dozen family names have been proposed within Galeommatoidea,[3] but as of 2024, only three families, Basterotiidae, Galeommatidae, and Lasaeidae, are accepted by MolluscaBase.[5]
Galeommatoidea is a species-rich group.[3] As of 2010, it was estimated that Galeommatoidea contained approximately 500 species in 100 genera.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Goto, Ryutaro; Kawakita, Atsushi; Ishikawa, Hiroshi; Hamamura, Yoichi; Kato, Makoto (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the bivalve superfamily Galeommatoidea (Heterodonta, Veneroida) reveals dynamic evolution of symbiotic lifestyle and interphylum host switching". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (1): 172. Bibcode:2012BMCEE..12..172G. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-172. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 3532221. PMID 22954375.
- ^ Mikkelsen, Paula M.; Bieler, Rudiger (1989). "Biology and comparative anatomy of Divariscintilla yoyo and D. troglodytes, two new species of Galeommatidae (Bivalvia) from stomatopod burrows in eastern Florida". Malacologia. 31 (1): 175–195.
- ^ a b c d Bieler, Rüdiger; Mikkelsen, Paula M.; Collins, Timothy M.; Glover, Emily A.; González, Vanessa L.; Graf, Daniel L.; Harper, Elizabeth M.; Healy, John; Kawauchi, Gisele Y.; Sharma, Prashant P.; Staubach, Sid; Strong, Ellen E.; Taylor, John D.; Tëmkin, Ilya; Zardus, John D.; Clark, Stephanie; Guzmán, Alejandra; McIntyre, Erin; Sharp, Paul; Giribet, Gonzalo (2014). "Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters". Invertebrate Systematics. 28 (1): 32. doi:10.1071/IS13010. ISSN 1445-5226.
- ^ a b Lemer, Sarah; Bieler, Rüdiger; Giribet, Gonzalo (2019-02-13). "Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1896): 20182684. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2684. PMC 6408618. PMID 30963927.
- ^ "Galeommatoidea J. E. Gray, 1840". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of bivalves. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2.
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