Bivalvia
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin bi- + Latin valva (“leaf of a door”)
Proper noun
Bivalvia
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Autobranchia, Protobranchia - subclasses
- Heteroconchia, Pteriomorphia - superorders in Autobranchia
- Carditida, Lucinida, Myida, Pholadomyida, Trigoniida, Unionida, Venerida; Arcida, Limida, Mytilida, Ostreida, Pectinida, Pteriiida; Nuculanida, Nuculida, Solemyoida - orders
- Heteroconchia, Pteriomorphia - superorders in Autobranchia
Coordinate terms
- (class in Mollusca): Caudofoveata, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes
Translations
See also
References
Bivalvia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bivalvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Bivalvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bivalvia at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
