Mollusca

phylum of animals
Taxon taxon Q25326
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Mollusca

Summary

Mollusca is a taxon[1]. Mollusca ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,711 views/month, #206 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mollusca's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mollusca is classified at the rank of phylum[4].
  • Mollusca is classified within Lophotrochozoa[5].
  • Mollusca's scientific name is Mollusca[6].
  • Mollusca is a type of Animalia[7].
  • Mollusca's Commons category is recorded as Mollusca[8].
  • Mollusca's temporal range start is recorded as Cambrian[9].
  • Mollusca began on -500000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Mollusca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Molluscs[11].
  • Mollusca's Commons gallery is recorded as Mollusca[12].
  • Mollusca's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q42353303[13].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[14].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Mollusca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • Mollusca's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mollusca[24].
  • Mollusca's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mollusc classes[25].
  • Mollusca's topic has template is recorded as Q10636788[26].
  • Mollusca's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/molluscs[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mollusca is Mollusca[6]. Mollusca is classified at the rank of phylum[4]. Mollusca is classified within Lophotrochozoa[5]. Recorded taxon common name include Weekdieren[28], bløtdyr[29], Weichtiere[30], and mehkužci[31].

Identifiers

Mollusca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47115[32]. Mollusca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6447[33]. Mollusca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2195[34]. Mollusca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 52[35]. Mollusca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 69458[36].

Why It Matters

Mollusca ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,711 views/month, #206 of 195,241).[2] Mollusca has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Mollusca is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Mollusca, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Mollusk"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open food facts food category id → en:mollusc, mollusc
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1821]]: mollusc, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787294338286"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4KoPNM
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mollusks
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: mollusks, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943534|mollusks (#289943534)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003856-mekkysi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003856-mekkysi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → shellfish, mollusc shell
    Topic's main wikimedia portal → Q42353303
    Has list → list of Mollusca orders
    Studied by → malacology
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8682, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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