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class

bivalves
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  superclassis Diasoma

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

Bivalvia - bivalves

Bivalvia - bivalves

Functions restricted to taxon Bivalvia

Important groups

Cardiidae - cockles
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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

saritoxin, glochidium
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Included taxa

Number of records: 8

subclass Protobranchia Pelseneer, 1889
subclass Autobranchia Grobben, 1894

Bivalvia incertae sedis

order Fordillida Pojeta, 1975 †
order Tuarangiida MacKinnon, 1982 †
family Cardiolariidae Cope, 1997 †
family Cirravidae Chernyshev, 1935 †
family Laurskiidae Khalfin, 1948 †
genus Phyllonia Su, 1980 †

Links and literature

EN Tree of Life [Bivalvia]

Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Bivalvia]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
EN Carter J. et al (2011): A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/hand...], Paleontological Contributions 4 [as Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 in 1758–1759]
Data retrieved on: 6 April 2014
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Data source info

Carter J. et al (2011): A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/hand...], Paleontological Contributions 4
[Data retrieved on: 06 April 2014]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010): Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52(2): 113-133
[Data retrieved on: 06 April 2014]

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