NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Class

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Superorder - Cryptodonta
      Subclass - Pteriomorphia
      Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
      Subclass - Heterodonta
      Subclass - Protobranchia
      Order - Pholadomyoida