Bivalvia (class)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Mollusca (phylum)

Descripción

Class of mollusks characterized by a two-piece, hinged outer shell divided from front to back into left and right valves, and large, flattened gills covered with tiny beating cilia; most species are sedentary, often burrowing, filter feeders such as clams, oysters, and others.

Subcategorías

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300259074

Otros términos

  • bivalves [en]
  • bivalve [en]
  • Acephala [en]
  • Acephala [la]
  • acephals [en]
  • Lamellibranchia [en]
  • Lamellibranchiata [en]
  • lamellibranchs [en]
  • Pelecypoda [en]
  • pelecypods [en]