The Pleistomollusca is a proposed clade within the Mollusca. The clade unites the gastropods with the bivalves, the two groups together representing 95% of known molluscan species. The support for this clade is based mainly on molecular analyses, although some morphological synapomorphies have also been proposed: larval retractor muscles, a velum muscle ring, and perhaps the loss of the anterior ciliary rootlet in their locomotory cilia.[1]

Pleistomollusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Pleistomollusca
Kocot et al, 2011

References

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  1. ^ Kocot, K. M.; Cannon, J. T.; Todt, C.; Citarella, M. R.; Kohn, A. B.; Meyer, A.; Santos, S. R.; Schander, C.; Moroz, L. L.; et al. (2011). "Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships". Nature. 477 (7365): 452–456. doi:10.1038/nature10382. PMC 4024475. PMID 21892190.