Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca

Current position

Pleistomollusca (Clade) Kocot, Cannon, Todt, Citarella, Kohn, Meyer, Santos, Schander, Moroz, Lieb & Halanych 2011

Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: fig. 12.125. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Conchifera ([unranked]) Gegenbaur, 1878	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Conchifera (Subphylum) Gegenbauer, 1878	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 309.
Conchifera (Superclass) Lamarck, 1818	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1983
Cyrtosoma (Subphylum) Runnegar & Pojeta Jr., 1974	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Cyrtosoma ([unranked])	Ref: G. Haszprunar et al., 2008: 27.
Echinoglossa ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 448.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.J. de Winter et al., 2010: 140.

Historical positions

Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.J. de Winter et al., 2010: 140.
Cyrtosoma ([unranked])	Ref: S.W. Aktipis et al., 2008: 201; 9, 27.
Rhacopoda ([unranked])	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 300-343, fig. 12.125.
Conchifera (Subphylum) Gegenbauer, 1878	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 309.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 81.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 182.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 16.
Conchifera ([unranked]) Gegenbaur, 1878	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Cyrtosoma (Subphylum) Runnegar & Pojeta Jr., 1974	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 22, 340.
Conchifera (Superclass) Lamarck, 1818	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1983
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 960-961.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 322.
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: I. Hayami & T. Kase, 1977
Conchifera (Subphylum) Gegenbauer, 1878	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1970): 531.
Echinoglossa ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 448.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18o;407f;4145g;5048s;238ss;1v; ‡43s;4ss; †4o;181f;497g;33s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Feb 2022	[18o;407f; †4o;181f]
2008	G. Haszprunar et al.: 27	>100,000s
2008	G. Haszprunar et al.: 27	>100,000s
2000		1,822s
1997	V.G. Millard: 324	[21o;416f;4650g]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~40,000s
1987	R.S. Boardman et al.	~7,800*g
1982	K.J. Boss: 961	[16o;328f];<35,000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~40,000s
1952	F.E. Eames	7800*g;40,000s
1877	E.R. Lankester: 448	[5o]