D. carinatus
D. cuneatus
D. deltoides
D. denticulatus
D. dentifer
D. faba
D. gouldii
D. hanleyanus
D. madagascariensis
D. oweni
D. pallidus
D. peruvianus
D. punctatostriatus
D. trunculus anatinus
Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... Orders Subclass Protobranchia Solemyoida Nuculoida Subclass Pteriomorphia - oysters, mussels Arcoida Mytiloida Pterioida Subclass Paleoheterodonta Trigoinoida Unionoida - freshwater mussels Subclass Heterodonta - clams, zebra mussels Veneroida Myoida Subclass Anomalosdesmata Pholadomyoida Bivalves are molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. ... Families Arcticidae Astartidae Cardiidae Donacidae Kelliidae Lasaeidae Leptonidae Lucinidae Mactridae Montacutidae Petricolidae Pharidae Psammobiidae Scrobiculariidae Semelidae Solecurtidae Solenidae Tellinidae Thyasiridae Turtoniidae Ungulinidae Veneridae The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of bivalve molluscs. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...