phylum Mollusca

Thesaurus

Noun

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phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitonsMolluscaanimal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animalsmollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellclass Scaphopoda, Scaphopoda - small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shellsclass Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relativesclass Polyplacophora, Polyplacophora - small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass AmphineuraBivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; musselsCephalopoda, class Cephalopoda - octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilusphylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes