Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca

Current position

Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: A.J. de Winter et al., 2010: 140.

Alternative positions

Aculifera (Subphylum) Hatschek, 1891	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 309.
Amphineura (Subphylum)	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Testaria ([unranked])	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995

Historical positions

Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.J. de Winter et al., 2010: 140.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.F. Ponder & D.R. Lindberg, 2008: 8, 25, fig. 4.8.
Eumollusca ([unranked])	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 292-298, fig. 12.125.
Aculifera (Subphylum) Hatschek, 1891	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 309.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 78 (TREATISE Part I, 1960).
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 182.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 7.
Testaria ([unranked])	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Amphineura (Subphylum)	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 953-954.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 322.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2o;19f;91g;498s;10ss; †1o;8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1o;11f;100*g;600s; †150s
2009-present	World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): 13 Jan 2012	[2o;19f;91g]
2008	G. Haszprunar et al.: 25	~1000s
2008	G. Haszprunar et al.: 25	~1000s
2003	R.H. de Bruyne	[1o;11f]
1997	V.G. Millard: 14	[1o;10f;59g]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~600s
1987	R.S. Boardman et al.	1o~100*g; †1o
1982	K.J. Boss	1sc3o[13f47g]500s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~600s; †~150s