Conchifera is a subphylum of the phylum Mollusca. It comprises all of the shell-bearing classes of molluscs, including the snails, clams, tusk shells, ammonites, monoplacophorans, and so on. The other one is Aculifera. This taxonomic term is used mostly by paleontologists, and not by scientists who study the living mollusca. ==Classes== Classes wi...
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• (n. pl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.
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(from the article `mollusk`) Conchifera (a subphylum including the tryblids, gastropods, scaphopods, bivalves, and cephalopods) are a source of food for many cultures and ...
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Con·chif'e·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
concha +
ferre to bear.]
(Zoology) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See
Mollusca .
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