class lamellibranchia

1. Oysters;
   Clams;
   Scallops;
   Mussels (synset 101958104)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
   • spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
   • myaceae, order myaceae - clams
   • family tridacnidae, tridacnidae - large marine hard-shell clams
   • cardiidae, family cardiidae - somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks
   • family ostreidae, ostreidae - oysters
   • family pteriidae, pteriidae - pearl oysters
   • anomiidae, family anomiidae - saddle oysters
   • genus placuna, placuna - windowpane oysters
   • arcidae, family arcidae - ark shells
   • family mytilidae, mytilidae - marine mussels
   • family unionidae, unionidae - freshwater mussels found worldwide
   • family pectinidae, pectinidae - scallops
   • family teredinidae, teredinidae - shipworms
   • family pholadidae, pholadidae - a family of Bivalvia
   belongs to: mollusca, phylum mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
   same as: bivalvia, class bivalvia, class pelecypoda, lamellibranchia

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