"class lamellibranchia" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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