Taxonomy

Domain: Eukaryota – Whittaker & Margulis, 1978

    Kingdom: Animalia- Linnaeus, 1758

         Subkingdom: Bilateria – Hatschek, 1888; Cavalier-Smith, 1983

              Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa

                    Phylum: Mollusca- Linnaeus, 1758; Cuvier, 1795

                         Class: Bivalvia – Linnaeus, 1758

                              Subclass: Metabranchia

                                        Superorder: Filibranchia

                                                Order: Pteriomorpha/ Pterioida- Newell, 1965

                                                    Suborder: Pteriina – Newell, 1965

                                                         Superfamily: Pterioidea – Gray, 1847

                                                             Family: Isognomonidae- Woodring, 1925

                                                                   Genus: Isognomon – Solander in Lightfoot, 1786

                                                                          Scientific name- Isognomon isognomon – Crampton, 1988