Imparidentia is a major clade of bivalves.

Imparidentia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subterclass: Euheterodonta
Superorder: Imparidentia
Bieler, Mikkelsen, and Giribet, 2014
Orders[1]

Imparidentia was named by Bieler, Mikkelsen, and Giribet in 2014 to refer to a clade, commonly recovered in phylogenetic analyses, consisting of euheterodonts other than anomalodesmatans. The name comes from Latin impar "unequal" and dens "tooth", in reference to the unequal hinge teeth seen in members of the clade.[2] The relationships among members of Imparidentia are uncertain.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Imparidentia". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ 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.