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Poromyoidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Infraclass:	Heteroconchia
Subterclass:	Heterodonta
Superorder:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:	Poromyoidea Dall, 1886

Poromyoidea is a superfamily of molluscs. It used to contain only the family Poromyidae, but now it also contains Cetoconchidae Ridewood, 1903, as Cetoconcha Dall, 1886 was removed from Poromyidae and given its own family, according to the World Register of Marine Species.

Families and genera

Members of Poromyoidea are:

• Cetoconchidae Ridewood, 1903
  • Cetoconcha Dall, 1886
• Poromyidae
  • Cetomya Dall, 1889
  • Dermatomya Dall, 1889
  • Dilemma Leal, 2008
  • †Liopistha Meek, 1864
  • Lissomya Krylova, 1997
  • Poromya Forbes, 1844

References

1. "Cetoconcha". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
2. ^ Bieler, R.; Carter, J.G.; Coan, E.V. (2010). "Classification of Bivalve families". In Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P. (eds.). Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Vol. 52. pp. 113–133. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
3. ^ Gofas, Serge; Bouchet, Philippe (2010-09-15). "Poromyoidea Dall, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-05-10.

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