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

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

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

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