Conchifera

Conchifera
Conchifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Subphylum: Conchifera
Gegenbaur, 1878 [1]
Classes

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Conchifera is a taxonomic term. It is a subphylum of the phylum Mollusca. It comprises all of the shell-bearing classes of molluscs, including the snails, clams, tusk shells, chitons, ammonites, monoplacophorans, and so on.

This taxonomic term is used mostly by paleontologists, and not by scientists who study the living mollusca.

Classes

Classes within the Conchifera include:

See also

References


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  • Conchifera — Lamellibranchia La*mel li*bran chi*a, Lamellibranchiata La*mel li*bran chi*a ta, n. pl. [NL. See {lamella}, and {Branchia}, {Branchiate}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An earlier name for the class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Conchifera — see Bivalvia …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • conchifera —   L. conchus, shell; fero, carry or bear. Mature lemmas bladder like resembling a conch shell …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

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