WoRMS taxon details
Mollusca
- Superclass Aplacophora
- Class Bivalvia
- Class Caudofoveata
- Class Cephalopoda
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Monoplacophora
- Class Polyplacophora
- 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
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Mollusca. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=51 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | weekdierenmollusken | [details] |
| English | molluscs | [details] |
| French | mollusques | [details] |
| German | Weichtiere | [details] |
| Japanese | 軟体動物門 | [details] |
| Spanish | moluscos | [details] |
| Swedish | blötdjur | [details] |
| Ukrainian | М'якуни | [details] |
