Tryblidiida | ||
Mollusca | Tryblidiida |
Conchifera
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Conchifera | None for crown group Tryblidiida |
Abbreviated Dendrogram
Mollusca
╞═Aculifera
└─Conchifera
├─┬─Tryblidiida
│ └─Cephalopoda
└─┬─Scaphopoda
├─Bivalvia
└─Gastropoda
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Photo by Andrea Nappo, for World Register of Marine Species, Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution via Encylopedia of Life. |
The Tryblidiida are a group of very primitive and ancient mollusks with mostly simple cap-shaped shells. They have previously been (and are often still) called the Monoplacophora. However, it is now known that "Monoplacophora" refers to a very diverse assemblage of basal mollusks, and is not a natural group. John Peel suggest that the Monoplacophora should be divided into two classes, the Tergomya and the Helcionelloida, but even the Tergomya may be a polyphyletic group.
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