Conchifera is a subphylum of the phylum Mollusca. It comprises all of the shell-bearing classes of molluscs, such as clams, tusk shells, ammonites, and monoplacophorans. The other subphylum is Aculifera.[1] Non-monoplacophoran conchiferans emerged within the once-widespread Monoplacophora. The only descendant which retains its ancestral shape is the Tryblidiida.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Subphylum: | Conchifera Gegenbaur, 1878 [1] |
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This taxonomic term is used mostly by paleontologists, and not by scientists who study the living molluscs.
Classes
editClasses within the Conchifera include:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sigwart, Julia D.; Sutton, Mark D. (October 27, 2007). "Deep Molluscan Phylogeny: Synthesis of Palaeontological and Neontological Data". Proceedings: Biological Sciences. 274 (1624): 2413–2419. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0701. JSTOR 25249343. PMC 2274978. PMID 17652065. Retrieved 14 August 2021.