Mollusca

phylum of animals
Taxon taxon Q25326
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Summary

Mollusca is a taxon[1]. Mollusca ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,287 views/month, #206 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: phylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lophotrochozoa[4]
  • Taxon name: Mollusca[5]
  • Subclass of: Animalia[6]
  • Commons category: Mollusca[7]
  • Temporal range start: Cambrian[8]
  • Start time: -500000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Molluscs[10]
  • Commons gallery: Mollusca[11]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: بوابة:رخويات[12]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Otto's encyclopedia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:Mollusca[21], Template:Mollusc classes[22], Šablona:Měkkýši[23]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/molluscs[24]
  • This taxon is source of: shellfish[25], mollusc shell[26]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Mollusca[27], https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Mollusk[28]
  • Taxon common name: Weekdieren[29], bløtdyr[30], Weichtiere[31], mehkužci[32]
  • Properties for this type: P13318[33]
  • Has list: list of Mollusca orders[34]
  • Studied by: malacology[35]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[36]

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Identifiers

Mollusca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47115[37]. Mollusca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6447[38]. Mollusca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2195[39]. Mollusca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 52[40]. Mollusca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 69458[41].

Why It Matters

Mollusca has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Mollusca is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

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. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . 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. 19d 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 */ Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Mollusk"
  2. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open food facts food category id → en:mollusc, mollusc
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Open food facts food category id: mollusc, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787294338286"
  3. 13w 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. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mollusks
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mollusks, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943534|mollusks (#289943534)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003856-mekkysi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003856-mekkysi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → shellfish, mollusc shell
    Topic's main wikimedia portal → بوابة:رخويات
    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 */ Yso id: 8682, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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