NOMEN: Conchostraca Sars 1867 [G.O. Sars. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés d'eau douce de Novège. 1e livrason. Les Malacostracés. // Christiania 1867: 1–145.] BHL
Sars 1896 [G.O. Sars. Beskrivelse af de hidtil kjendte Norske arter af underordnerne Phyllocarida og Phyllopoda. / Descripotions of the Norvegian species at present known belonging to the suborders Phyllocarida and Phyllopoda. // Fauna Norvegiae. Bd. I. Christiania 1896: 1–140.] BHL
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Sars 1867): –
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Sars 1896): Limnadiidae + Limnetidae
SENIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM:
= Holostraca Gerstaecker 1866
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Conchophylla Stebbing 1910
= Conchostracida Pearce 1936
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Lynceus/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE:
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon
COMMENT.