List of mollusc orders
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List of mollusc orders illustrates the 97 orders in the phylum Mollusca, the largest marine animal phylum. 85,000 extant species are described,[1] making up 23% of described marine organisms.[2]
Class Aplacophora
Subclass Caudofoveata
No orders, 6 families, 15 genera, 150 species.
Subclass Solenogastres
- Order Neomeniamorpha
- Order Pholidoskepia
Testaria (unranked)
Class Polyplacophora (Chitons)
- Order Multiplacophora †
- Order Neoloricata
- Order Paleoloricata †
Subphylum Conchifera
Class Bivalvia
Subclass Heterodonta
- Superfamily Arcticoidea
- Superfamily Cardioidea
- Superfamily Chamoidea
- Superfamily Clavagelloidea
- Superfamily Crassatelloidea
- Superfamily Cuspidarioidea
- Superfamily Hippuritoida †
- Superfamily Cyamioidea
- Superfamily Cyrenoidea
- Superfamily Cyrenoidoidea
- Superfamily Dreissenoidea
- Superfamily Galeommatoidea
- Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea
- Superfamily Glossoidea
- Superfamily Hemidonacoidea
- Superfamily Hiatelloidea
- Superfamily Limoidea
- Superfamily Lucinoidea
- Superfamily Mactroidea
- Superfamily Myoidea
- Superfamily Pandoroidea
- Superfamily Pholadoidea
- Superfamily Pholadomyoidea
- Superfamily Solenoidea
- Superfamily Sphaerioidea
- Superfamily Tellinoidea
- Superfamily Thyasiroidea
- Superfamily Ungulinoidea
- Superfamily Veneroidea
- Superfamily Verticordioidea
Subclass Palaeoheterodonta
- Superfamily Trigonioidea
- Superfamily Unionoidea
Subclass Protobranchia
- Superfamily Manzanelloidea
- Superfamily Nuculanoidea
- Superfamily Nuculoidea
- Superfamily Sapretoidea
- Superfamily Solemyoidea
Subclass Pteriomorphia
- Superfamily Anomioidea
- Superfamily Arcoidea
- Superfamily Dimyoidea
- Superfamily Limoidea
- Superfamily Mytiloidea
- Superfamily Ostreoidea
- Superfamily Pectinoidea
- Superfamily Pinnoidea
- Superfamily Plicatuloidea
- Superfamily Pterioidea
Class Cephalopoda
Subclass Nautiloidea
- Order Plectronocerida †
- Order Ellesmerocerida †
- Order Actinocerida †
- Order Pseudorthocerida †
- Order Ascocerida †
- Order Endocerida †
- Order Tarphycerida †
- Order Oncocerida †
- Order Discosorida †
- Order Nautilida
- Order Orthocerida †
- Order Lituitida †
- Order Dissidocerida †
- Order Bactritida †
Subclass Ammonoidea †
- Order Goniatitida †
- Order Prolecanitida †
- Order Ceratitida †
- Order Ammonitida †
Subclass Coleoidea
Division Belemnitida
- Order Belemnoidea †
- Order Aulacocerida †
- Order Phragmoteuthida †
- Order Donovaniconida †
- Order Belemnitida †
- Order Hematitida †
Division Neocoleoidea (most living cephalopods)
- Superorder Decapodiformes
- Order Boletzkyida †
- Order Spirulida ram's horn squid
- Order Sepiida cuttlefish
- Order Sepiolida bobtail squid
- Order Teuthida squid
- Superorder Octopodiformes
- Order Vampyromorphida vampire squid
- Order Octopoda octopus
Class Gastropoda
This overview of orders follows the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997):
- Order Bellerophontinaka (fossil)
- Order Mimospirina (fossil)
Subclass Eogastropoda
- Order Euomphalida de Koninck 1881 (fossil)
- Order Patellogastropoda Lindberg, 1986 (true limpets)
Subclass Orthogastropoda Ponder & David R. Lindberg, 1996
- Order Murchisoniina Cox & Knight, 1960 (fossil)
- Order Neomphaloida Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1983
Superorder Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1989 (limpets)
Superorder Neritaemorphi Koken, 1896
- Order Cyrtoneritomorpha (fossil)
- Order Neritopsina Cox & Knight, 1960
Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
- Order Architaenioglossa Haller, 1890
- Order Sorbeoconcha Ponder & David R. Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Infraorder Ptenoglossa J.E. Gray, 1853
- Infraorder Neogastropoda Thiele, 1929
Superorder Heterobranchia J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order Heterostropha P. Fischer, 1885
- Order Opisthobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848
- Infraorder Euthecosomata
- Infraorder Pseudothecosomata
- Infraorder Anthobranchia Férussac, 1819
- Infraorder Cladobranchia Willan & Morton, 1984
- Suborder Eupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
- Infraorder Acteophila Dall, 1885 (= formerly Archaeopulmonata)
Class Monoplacophora
- Order Tryblidiida
Class Rostroconchia †
No information available below class
Class Scaphopoda (Tusk shells)
- Order Dentaliida
- Order Gadilida
See also
- 2010 Bivalvia taxonomy
- Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
- Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet et al., 2017)
- Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)
- Taxonomy of the Conoidea (Tucker & Tenorio, 2009)
References
- ^ Chapman, A.D. (2009). Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World, 2nd edition. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Retrieved 12 January 2010. ISBN 978-0-642-56860-1 (printed); ISBN 978-0-642-56861-8 (online).
- ^ Hancock, Rebecca (2008). "Recognising research on molluscs". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-03-09.