Bivalvia

New Latin bi- +‎ Latin valva (“leaf of a door”)

Bivalvia

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – bivalve molluscs.

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum

• (class): Autobranchia, Protobranchia - subclasses
  • Heteroconchia, Pteriomorphia - superorders in Autobranchia
    • Carditida, Lucinida, Myida, Pholadomyida, Trigoniida, Unionida, Venerida; Arcida, Limida, Mytilida, Ostreida, Pectinida, Pteriiida; Nuculanida, Nuculida, Solemyoida - orders

• (class in Mollusca): Caudofoveata, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes

• Anomalodesmata
• Heterodonta
• Paleoheterodonta

• Bivalvia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bivalvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bivalvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bivalvia at the Tree of Life Web Project
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