Biology:Conchifera
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Short description: Taxonomic term for shell-bearing molluscs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Subphylum: | Conchifera Gegenbaur, 1878 [1] |
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Conchifera is a subphylum of the phylum Mollusca. It comprises all of the shell-bearing classes of molluscs, such as clams, tusk shells, ammonites, and monoplacophorans. The other subphylum is Aculifera.[1] Non-monoplacophoran conchiferans emerged within the once-widespread Monoplacophora. The only descendant which retains its ancestral shape is the Tryblidiida.
This taxonomic term is used mostly by paleontologists, and not by scientists who study the living molluscs.
Classes
Classes within the Conchifera include:
- Monoplacophora
- Bivalvia
- Gastropoda
- Scaphopoda
- Cephalopoda
- Archinacelloidea†
- Rostroconchia†
- Helcionelloida†
See also
- Evolution of Mollusca
References
- ↑ Sigwart, Julia D.; Sutton, Mark D. (October 27, 2007). "Deep Molluscan Phylogeny: Synthesis of Palaeontological and Neontological Data". Proceedings: Biological Sciences 274: 2413-2419. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25249343. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q675203 entry
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