Monoplacophora

Translingual

Etymology

From mono- (“one, singular”, from Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)) +‎ placo- (“plate; tablet”, from Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx)) +‎ -phora (“bearing”, from Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)), literally “bearing one plate”.

Proper noun

Monoplacophora

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – the monoplacophorans; certain mollusks.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum

Hyponyms

• (order): Tryblidiida, †Cyrtonellida, †Pelagiellida - orders
  • Micropilinidae, Neopilinidae, †Aldanellidae, †Carcassonnellidae, †Cyrtolitidae, †Ladamarekiidae, †Multifariidae, †Pelagiellidae, †Tryblidiidae - families

Coordinate terms

• (class in Mollusca): Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes

Derived terms

• Eomonoplacophora

Descendants

• ⇒ English: monoplacophoran

References

• Monoplacophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monoplacophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Monoplacophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI