List of mollusc orders

List of mollusc orders illustrates the 97 orders in the phylum Mollusca, the largest marine animal phylum. 85,000 extant species are described,[1] making up 23% of described marine organisms.[2]

Class Aplacophora

Subclass Caudofoveata

No orders, 6 families, 15 genera, 150 species.

Subclass Solenogastres

Testaria (unranked)

Class Polyplacophora (Chitons)
Subclass Heterodonta
Subclass Palaeoheterodonta
Subclass Protobranchia
  • Superfamily Manzanelloidea
  • Superfamily Nuculanoidea
  • Superfamily Nuculoidea
  • Superfamily Sapretoidea
  • Superfamily Solemyoidea
Subclass Pteriomorphia
Subclass Nautiloidea
Subclass Ammonoidea †
Division Belemnitida
Division Neocoleoidea (most living cephalopods)

Class Gastropoda
Further information: Gastropoda § Taxonomy

This overview of orders follows the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997):

Subclass Eogastropoda

Subclass Orthogastropoda Ponder & David R. Lindberg, 1996

  • Order Murchisoniina Cox & Knight, 1960 (fossil)
  • Order Neomphaloida Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1983

Superorder Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1989 (limpets)

Superorder Neritaemorphi Koken, 1896

  • Order Cyrtoneritomorpha (fossil)
  • Order Neritopsina Cox & Knight, 1960

Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960

Superorder Heterobranchia J.E. Gray, 1840

Class Monoplacophora
  • Order Tryblidiida

Class Rostroconchia †

No information available below class

Class Scaphopoda (Tusk shells)

See also

References
  1. Chapman, A.D. (2009). Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World, 2nd edition. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Retrieved 12 January 2010. ISBN 978-0-642-56860-1 (printed); ISBN 978-0-642-56861-8 (online).
  2. Hancock, Rebecca (2008). "Recognising research on molluscs". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
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