Information about Mytiloida

Mytiloida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Subclass:Pteriomorphia
Order:Mytiloida
Families


Mytilidae


Mytiloida is an order of molluscs in the Subclass Pteriomorpha. It has a single family Mytilidae.

References

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Mollusca
Linnaeus, 1758

Classes

Caudofoveata
Aplacophora
Polyplacophora
Monoplacophora
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
† Rostroconchia
† Helcionelloida
† ?Bellerophontida
The molluscs
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Bivalvia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses

Anomalosdesmata
Cryptodonta
Heterodonta
Paleoheterodonta
Palaeotaxodonta
Pteriomorphia
and see text
Bivalves are mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia.
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Pteriomorphia

Orders

Arcoida
†Cyrtodontoida
Mytiloida
Ostreoida
†Praecardioida
Pterioida

Pteriomorphia is a mollusc subclass of the Bivalvia.
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Mytilidae
Rafinesque, 1815

Genera
See text.

Mytilidae is a family of mussels of the order Mytiloida. These are the well-known edible sea mussels. A common feature is a thick adherent periostracum.
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Mollusca
Linnaeus, 1758

Classes

Caudofoveata
Aplacophora
Polyplacophora
Monoplacophora
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
† Rostroconchia
† Helcionelloida
† ?Bellerophontida
The molluscs
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class is the rank in the scientific classification of organisms in biology below Phylum and above Order.

For example, Mammalia is the class used in the classification of dogs, whose phylum is Chordata (animals with notochords) and order is Carnivora (mammals that eat meat).
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Pteriomorphia

Orders

Arcoida
†Cyrtodontoida
Mytiloida
Ostreoida
†Praecardioida
Pterioida

Pteriomorphia is a mollusc subclass of the Bivalvia.
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Mytilidae
Rafinesque, 1815

Genera
See text.

Mytilidae is a family of mussels of the order Mytiloida. These are the well-known edible sea mussels. A common feature is a thick adherent periostracum.
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