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class

bivalves
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks

Scientific synonyms

Acephala
Aglossa
Anodontoda
Conchophora
Cormopoda
Dithra
Elatobranchiata
Elatocephala
Lamellibranchia
Lamellibranchiata

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Other names

= clams
= shellfishes

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Temporal range:Cambrian - recent

Images

Anodonta anatina

Sinanodonta woodiana - Adventive Swan-mussel

Sinanodonta woodiana - Adventive Swan-mussel

Author: Jiří Novák

Dreissena polymorpha - Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha - Zebra Mussel

Author: Jiří Novák
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A class of marine, estuarine or freshwater bivalve mollusks, in which the body is enclosed within two calcareous valves, or shells
Author: Jan Delsing

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Related glossary terms

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 6

subclass Protobranchia
subclass Pteromorphia Beurlen, 1944
subclass Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889
subclass Cryptodonta Neumayr, 1884 †
subclass Heterodonta Neumayr, 1883
subclass Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965

Links and literature

EN Tree of Life [Bivalvia]
Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
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Data source info

CLEMAM - Check List of European Marine Mollusca [http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.c...]
všechny mořské evropské taxony po čeledi

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† extinct taxon



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