Pedigree: Phylum Mollusca

The PEDIGREE of

Phylum Mollusca

aka Mollusks; (in some systems Polyplacophora clades with Conchifera to form Testaria; in other systems it clades with the Caudofoveata & Aplacophora to form Aculifera); (Muscular foot and mantle round shell)

"Child(ren)": Superclass Conchifera ; Class Aplacophora/Neomeniomorpha (solenogasters) & Class Caudofoveata ; Helcionelloida (extinct) ; Class Polyplacophora (chitons : sea cradles) ; Rostroconchia (extinct) ; 112000 species altogether

______	______	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____
														/	-- The First Eukaryote +		====> [ 54]
														/		/ OR: First Eukaryote [Lopez-Garcia - Morei. +	====> [ 51]
													/	-- Domain of Eukaryotes
												/	-- Superempire Unikonta
												/		/ OR: Kingdom Opisthokonta +			====> [ 56]
											/	-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
											/		/ OR: Opisthokonts [Cavalier-Smith model] +				====> [ 67]
										/	-- Superkingdom Holozoa
									/	-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)
								/	-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
							/	-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
						/	-- Superphylum Planulozoa
					/	-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
					/		/ (skip this generation?)
				/	-- Branch Bilateria
			/	-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates (570 M BC)
			/		/ (skip this generation?)
		/	-- Subgrade of Protostomia
		/		/ or: Clade Nephrozoa
	/	-- Superphylum Lophotrochozoa (various phyla of worms)
/	-- Supraphylum Trochozoa
/
- Phylum Mollusca

``1-Great Grandchildren:'' Subclass Orthogastropoda ; Subclass Coleoidea (squid : octopus : cuttlefish) ; Subclass Palaeoheterodonta (Mussels & kin) ; Subclass Heterodonta (Clams, Cockles, etc.) ; Subclass Pteriomorphia (Oysters & Mussels)