Archaeogastropoda

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Archaeogastropoda
Temporal range: Late Cambrian–Recent
shells of
Turbo
spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: "Archaeogastropoda"
Thiele, 1925
Families

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Archaeogastropoda (also known as Aspidobranchia

mollusks, mainly herbivores, typically having two gills
and a double-chambered heart, with the eggs and sperm discharged directly into the water. They were traditionally regarded as a relatively primitive group.

This older classification of the gastropods is based on the classification of

paraphyletic
group, and therefore unacceptable in a strictly cladistic classification.

In the 1997 classification, most of the former Archaeogastropoda were included in:

A more detailed classification can be found on Gastropoda.

Older system of classification

See also

References

  1. ^ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions".

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