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Taxon: Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
Original name & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 652.
Subsequent rank: 

Variants

Different rank: Mollusca (Superphylum) Linnaeus, 1758
Different rank: Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Former unranked name: Mollusca ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Mesopoda (Phylum) Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 441.
Including: Aculifera (Subphylum) Hatschek, 1891
Including: Adenopoda (Subphylum)
Including: Amphineura (Subphylum)
Including: Aplacophora (Class) von Ihering, 1876
Including: Conchifera ([unranked]) Gegenbaur, 1878
Including: Conchifera (Phylum) Lamarck, 1818
Including: Conchifera (Subphylum) Gegenbauer, 1878
Including: Conchifera (Superclass) Lamarck, 1818
Including: Cyrtosoma (Subphylum) Runnegar & Pojeta Jr., 1974
Including: Diasoma (Subphylum) Runnegar & Pojeta Jr., 1974
Including: Heterotecta (Superclass)
Including: Scutopoda (Subphylum)
Including: Testaria ([unranked])

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: weekdieren Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: molluscs
: mollusks
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