List of Mollusca classes with examples
Phylum Mollusca is classified into seven major classes namely:
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Bivalvia
- Class Cephalopoda (intelligent marine animals)
- Class Polyplacophora (chitons)
- Class Scaphopoda (tusk shells)
- Class Monoplacophora
- Class Aplacophora (worm-like mollusks)
Phylum | Class | Subclass |
Mollusca
|
Gastropoda |
· Prosobranchia |
Bivalvia |
· Heterodonta
· Pteriomorphia |
|
Cephalopoda | · Nautiloidea
· Ammonoidea · Coleoidea |
|
Polyplacophora |
||
Scaphopoda | ||
Monoplacophora | ||
Aplacophora |