List of mollusc orders
Cuttlefish of the order Sepiida
Pinna nobilis shell and byssus
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
- Superfamily Cardioidea
- Superfamily Chamoidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Crassatelloidea
- Superfamily Cuspidarioidea
- Superfamily Hippuritoida †
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Dreissenoidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Hemidonacoidea
- Superfamily Hiatelloidea
- Superfamily Limoidea
- Superfamily Lucinoidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Myoidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Tellinoidea
- Superfamily Thyasiroidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
Subclass Palaeoheterodonta[]
Anodonta anatina
- Superfamily Trigonioidea
- Superfamily Unionoidea
Subclass Protobranchia[]
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Nuculoidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily
Subclass Pteriomorphia[]
A live individual of Argopecten irradians, family Pectinidae
- Superfamily Anomioidea
- Superfamily
- Superfamily Dimyoidea
- Superfamily Limoidea
- Superfamily Mytiloidea
- Superfamily Ostreoidea
- Superfamily Pectinoidea
- Superfamily Pinnoidea
- Superfamily Plicatuloidea
- Superfamily Pterioidea
Class Cephalopoda[]
Subclass Nautiloidea[]
A nautiloid
- 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 †[]
Artist's reconstruction of Asteroceras
- Order Goniatitida †
- Order Prolecanitida †
- Order Ceratitida †
- Order Ammonitida †
Subclass Coleoidea[]
Division Belemnitida[]
- Order Belemnoidea †
- Order Aulacocerida †
- Order Phragmoteuthida †
- Order †
- Order Belemnitida †
- Order Hematitida †
Division Neocoleoidea (most living cephalopods)[]
A spirula spirula squid
- 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 (fossil)
Subclass Eogastropoda
- Order de Koninck 1881 (fossil)
- Order Patellogastropoda Lindberg, 1986 (true limpets)
Live limpets in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England.
Subclass Orthogastropoda Ponder & David R. Lindberg, 1996
- Order Cox & Knight, 1960 (fossil)
- Order Neomphaloida Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1983
Superorder Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1989 (limpets)
Superorder Koken, 1896
- Order (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 Dall, 1885 (= formerly Archaeopulmonata)
Class Monoplacophora[]
- Order Tryblidiida
Class Rostroconchia †[]
No information available below class
Class Scaphopoda (Tusk shells)[]
A tusk shell of the scaphopod Antalis vulgaris
- 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.
Categories:
- Mollusc orders
- Lists of molluscs