class lamellibranchia

1. 1.

   oysters; clams; scallops; mussels

   SynonymsBivalviaclass BivalviaLamellibranchiaclass Pelecypoda

   Broaderclass

   Part ofMollusca

Questions about class lamellibranchia

What does class lamellibranchia mean?

class lamellibranchia means "oysters; clams; scallops; mussels".

What is another word for class lamellibranchia?

Close synonyms include Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is class lamellibranchia a common word?

class lamellibranchia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.