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Heteroconchia

Heteroconchia
The venerid species Austrovenus stutchburyi, the New Zealand cockle, is sold internationally as sea food.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Infraclass: Heteroconchia
J. E. Gray, 1854
Subterclasses

Heteroconchia is a taxonomic infraclass of diverse bivalve molluscs, belonging to the subclass Autobranchia.[1]

This infraclass includes the cockles, Venus clams,[1] the freshwater mussels, brooch clams, as well as Heterodonta and Archiheterodonta.[2]

Description

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These bivalves are distinguished by having the two halves of the shell equally sized (i.e, they are equivalved) and having a few cardinal teeth separated from a number of long lateral teeth. Their shells lack a nacreous layer, and the gills are lamellibranch in form. Most species have a siphon.[3]

Orders and families

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The following tree is their info which has been updated with the latest information from the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

Infraclass: Heteroconchia

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Heteroconchia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Molluscabase - Heteroconchia". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  3. ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 340. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
  4. ^ Archiheterodonta Giribet in Taylor, Williams, Glover & Dyal, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2009.
  5. ^ Giribet G. 2008. Bivalvia. Pp. 105-141, in: Ponder W.F. & Lindberg D.L. (eds), Molluscan Phylogeny. Berkeley: University of California Press, xi+469 pp.
  6. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Actinodontida †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  7. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Redoniidae Babin, 1966 †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  8. ^ Carditoida Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2010.
  9. ^ Euheterodonta Giribet in Taylor, Williams, Glover & Dyal, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2009.
  10. ^ Unassigned Euheterodonta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2009.
  11. ^ Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  12. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Imparidentia". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  13. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Adapedonta". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  14. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cardiida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  15. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Galeommatida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  16. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gastrochaenida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  17. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippuritida †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  18. ^ Lucinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2010.
  19. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Megalodontida †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  20. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Modiomorphida †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  21. ^ Myoida Stoliczka, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  22. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sphaeriida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  23. ^ Veneroida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  24. ^ "Molluscabase - Palaeoheterodonta". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  25. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lyrodesmatidae P. Fischer, 1886 †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
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