Heteroconchia
| Heteroconchia | |
|---|---|
| The venerid species Austrovenus stutchburyi, the New Zealand cockle, is sold internationally as sea food. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Autobranchia |
| Infraclass: | Heteroconchia J. E. Gray, 1854 |
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Heteroconchia is a taxonomic infraclass of diverse bivalve molluscs, belonging to the subclass Autobranchia.
This infraclass includes the cockles, Venus clams, the freshwater mussels, brooch clams, as well as Heterodonta and Archiheterodonta.