Conchifera
Taxonomic term for shell-bearing molluscs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Subphylum: | Conchifera Gegenbaur, 1878 |
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This taxonomic term is used mostly by paleontologists, and not by scientists who study the living molluscs.