The PEDIGREE of
Superclass Conchifera

     (all except Monoplacophora form a clade)
 "Child(ren)":       Class Gastropoda (Snails & Slugs & Limpets & etc.)   ;   Class Cephalopoda (Squid, Nautilus, etc.)   ;   Class Bivalvia (Clams & Oysters & etc.)   ;   Class Monoplacophora   ;   Class Scaphopoda (tusk shells)   ;   112000 species altogether
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/-- Domain of Eukaryotes   +====> [ 55]
/-- Superempire Unikonta
/   / OR: Kingdom Opisthokonta   +====> [ 56]
/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
/   / OR: Opisthokonts [Cavalier-Smith model]   +====> [ 67]
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates  (570 M BC)
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Lophotrochozoa (various phyla of worms)
/-- Supraphylum Trochozoa
/-- Phylum Mollusca
/  
- Superclass Conchifera
 
 
  ``Grandchildren:''       Subclass Orthogastropoda   ;   Subclass Coleoidea (squid : octopus : cuttlefish)   ;   Subclass Palaeoheterodonta (Mussels & kin)   ;   Subclass Heterodonta (Clams, Cockles, etc.)   ;   Subclass Pteriomorphia (Oysters & Mussels)
 

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