phylum mollusca

1. 1.

   gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons

   SynonymsMollusca

   Broaderphylum

   Part ofAnimalia

Questions about phylum mollusca

What does phylum mollusca mean?

phylum mollusca means "gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons".

What is another word for phylum mollusca?

Close synonyms include Mollusca. 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 phylum mollusca a common word?

phylum mollusca 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.