Conchifera

Taxonomic term for shell-bearing molluscs

Conchifera Temporal range: Fortunian - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Subphylum:	Conchifera Gegenbaur, 1878 [1]
Classes
Monoplacophora Cephalopoda Scaphopoda Rostroconchia Bivalvia Gastropoda

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:

References

^ Sigwart, Julia D.; Sutton, Mark D. (October 27, 2007). "Deep Molluscan Phylogeny: Synthesis of Palaeontological and Neontological Data". Proceedings: Biological Sciences. 274 (1624): 2413–2419. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0701. JSTOR 25249343. PMC 2274978. PMID 17652065. Retrieved 14 August 2021.