Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa

Mollusca

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aculifera Hatschek, 1891
Aplacophora Ihering, 1876
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
Caudofoveata C. R. Boettger, 1956
Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795
Conchifera Gegenbaur, 1878
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
Mollusca incertae sedis
Monoplacophora Odhner, 1940
Polyplacophora Gray, 1821
Scaphopoda Bronn, 1862
Solenogastres Gegenbaur, 1878

Literature

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.

additional source

Ponder, W. F.; Lindberg, D. R. (2020). Biology and evolution of the Mollusca. In: Ponder W.F., Lindberg D.R. & Ponder J.M. vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xx + 870 pp.

additional source

Ponder, W. F., Linberg, D. L. & Ponder, J. M. (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Vol. 1.

additional source

Ponder W.F. & Lindberg D.R. (eds.) 2008. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press, Berkeley, 488 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mollusca. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=51

Ruud A. Bank. Mollusca. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/064ca66d-38c4-4454-8d16-64c5e8fa0292

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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2020-01-29 by Ruud A. Bank & by Maxim Vinarski

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