Biology:Heteroconchia

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Short description: Infraclass of molluscs

Heteroconchia
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The venerid species Austrovenus stutchburyi, the New Zealand cockle, is sold internationally as sea food.
Scientific classification e
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

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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Heteroconchia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424949. 
  2. "Molluscabase - Heteroconchia". https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424949. 
  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 †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833261. 
  7. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Redoniidae Babin, 1966 †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833268. 
  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" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869600. 
  13. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Adapedonta". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869601. 
  14. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cardiida". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869602. 
  15. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Galeommatida" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326015. 
  16. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gastrochaenida" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326014. 
  17. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippuritida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833312. 
  18. Lucinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2010.
  19. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Megalodontida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833299. 
  20. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Modiomorphida †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833292. 
  21. Myoida Stoliczka, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  22. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sphaeriida" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326016. 
  23. Veneroida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  24. "Molluscabase - Palaeoheterodonta" (in en). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382253. 
  25. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lyrodesmatidae P. Fischer, 1886 †". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833208. 

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