MolluscaBase taxon details
Mollusca
- Superclass Aplacophora
- Class Bivalvia
- Class Caudofoveata
- Class Cephalopoda
- Class Cricoconarida †
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Monoplacophora
- Class Polyplacophora
- Class Rostroconchia †
- Class Scaphopoda
- Class Solenogastres
- Class Amphineura accepted as Aculifera
- Subclass Chaetodermomorpha accepted as Caudofoveata
- Class Conchifera accepted as Bivalvia (synonym)
- Class Lamellibranchiata accepted as Bivalvia (synonym)
- Class Loricata accepted as Polyplacophora (synonym)
- Class Pelecypoda accepted as Bivalvia (synonym)
- Subphylum Placophora accepted as Polyplacophora
- Class Polyplaxiphora accepted as Polyplacophora
- Class Solenoconchia accepted as Scaphopoda
- Subphylum Aculifera (presumably paraphyletic taxon)
- Subphylum Conchifera
- Class Mollusca incertae sedis † (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase (2025). Mollusca. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=51 on 2026-01-13
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basis of record
Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ponder W.F. & Lindberg D.R. (eds.) 2008. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press, Berkeley, 488 pp. [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F.; Lindberg, D. R. (2020). <i>Biology and evolution of the Mollusca</i>. In: Ponder W.F., Lindberg D.R. & Ponder J.M. vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xx + 870 pp. [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F., Linberg, D. L. & Ponder, J. M. (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. <em>CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.</em> Vol. 1. [details]
additional source Ponder W.F. & Lindberg D.R. (eds.) 2008. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press, Berkeley, 488 pp. [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F.; Lindberg, D. R. (2020). <i>Biology and evolution of the Mollusca</i>. In: Ponder W.F., Lindberg D.R. & Ponder J.M. vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xx + 870 pp. [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F., Linberg, D. L. & Ponder, J. M. (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. <em>CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.</em> Vol. 1. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mollusca)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101708)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mollusca)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101708)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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