Class Bivalvia
(bivalves and clams)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Lophotrochozoa
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  Trochozoa
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  Phylum Mollusca (mollusks)
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  Class Bivalvia (bivalves and clams)
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  Superorder Cryptodonta
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  Subclass Heterodonta
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  Order Myoida
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  Order Veneroida
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  Subclass Palaeoheterodonta
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  Order Trigonioida
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  Order Unionoida
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  Order Pholadomyoida
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  Subclass Protobranchia
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  Order Nuculoida
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  Order Solemyoida
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  Subclass Pteriomorphia
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  Order Arcoida
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  Order Limoida
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  Order Mytiloida
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  Order Ostreoida
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  Order Pterioida