HyperDic: phylum_mollusca

English > 1 sense of the expression phylum Mollusca:
NOUNanimalphylum Mollusca, Molluscagastropods
English > phylum Mollusca: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninggastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons.
SynonymMollusca
Member ofAnimalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdomtaxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
MembersBivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypodaoysters
Cephalopoda, class Cephalopodaoctopuses
Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gasteropodasnails and slugs and their relatives
Polyplacophora, class Polyplacophorasmall class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons
Scaphopoda, class Scaphopodasmall class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells
mollusk, mollusc, shellfishinvertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Broaderphylum(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants
Spanishfilo Mollusca, Mollusca, moluscos
CatalanMollusca, Mol·lusc

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