Mollusca

Mollusca

See also: mollusca

Translingual

Mollusca: Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Bivalvia, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Aplacophora & Cephalopoda

Etymology

From Latin mollusca, feminine singular of molluscus (“soft”), from mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (English) IPA^(key): /məˈlʌskə/

Proper noun

Mollusca

1. The molluscs:
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]

Hypernyms

• (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum[1]

Hyponyms

• (phylum in Protostomia): Aplacophora, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda; - classes; †Rostroconchia, †Helcionelloida - extinct classes
• (phylum in Spiralia): Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes[1]

Translations

Translations

English: Molluska pl, Molluscs pl, Mollusks pl German: Weichtiere (de) pl, Mollusken (de) f pl Macedonian: мекотели m pl (mekoteli) Turkish: yumuşakçalar (tr) pl

References

• Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mollusca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mollusca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mollusca at the Tree of Life Web Project

1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521