What is Ostreoida?
{{Taxobox | name = Ostreoida | image = Spondylus sp.jpg | image caption = ''[[Spondylus]] sp'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Mollusk|Mollusca]] | classis = [[Bivalvia]] | subclassis = [[Pteriomorphia]] | ordo = Ostreoida}} [[Image:SpondylusPliocene.jpg|thumb|Fossil ''Spondylus'' valve interiors from the Pliocene of Cyprus.]] The [[order (biology)|order]] '''Ostreoida''' includes the [[oyster]]s and other families of [[bivalve]]s such as [[Pectinidae]] (mostly [[scallop]]s). ==2010 taxonomy== In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Ostreoida.<ref>Bieler R; Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. 2010. Classification of bivalve families. In: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families. ''Malacologia'' '''52'''(2): 1-184</ref> '''Order Ostreoida''' (Oysters) *Superfamily: [[Ostreoidea]] **Family: [[Gryphaeidae]] **Family: [[Ostreidae]] ===Suborder: [[Pectinoida]]<!-- <ref>{{WRMS species|387324|''Pectinoida'' Gray, 1854||9 July 2010}}</ref> -->=== (Scallop shells and allies) *Superfamily: [[Anomoiidea]] *Superfamily: [[Plicatuloidea]] *Superfamily: [[Dimyoidea]] *Superfamily: [[Pectinoidea]] **Family: [[Entoliidae]] **Family: [[Pectinidae]] **Family: [[Propeamussiidae]] **Family: [[Spondylidae]] ===Suborder: [[Limoida]]<!-- <ref>{{WRMS species|1777|''Limoida'' Moore, 1952||7 July 2010}}</ref> -->=== (File shells and allies) *Superfamily: [[Limoidea]] ===Suborder: [[Mytiloida]]<!-- <ref>{{WRMS species|210|''Mytiloida'' Ferussac, 1822||9 July 2010}}</ref> -->=== (Saltwater mussels) *Superfamily: [[Mytiloidea]] ===Suborder: [[Pterioida]]<!-- <ref>{{WRMS species|212|''Pterioida'' Newell, 1965||9 July 2010}}</ref> -->=== (Winged oysters and allies) *Superfamily: [[Pinnoidea]] *Superfamily: [[Pteroidea]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites== {{wikispecies|Ostreoida}} * [http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/cgi-bin/hierarchy.pl?taxon=Mollusca European checklist of marine s