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The phylum is Mollusca - all clams are mollusks, like any shelled bivalve. Snails and slugs are also mollusks.

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Clams belong to the phylum Mollusca.

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Are clams asexual?

No. The clams belong to the mollusca phylum and everything in this plylum is in fact sexual.


What groups do clams squid and snails belong to?

Clams, snails, and squids all belong to kingdom Animalia phylum Molluska.


What kingdom do clams belong to?

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What phylum do Bivalves such as clams gastropods such as snails and cephalopods such as squid belong to?

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What phylum do conch belong to?

Conch belong to the phylum Mollusca, which also includes other marine creatures like snails, clams, and squid.


What phylum is cuttlefish in?

Cuttlefish belong to the phylum mollusca. They are related to molluscs and clams, but do not have a shell, but instead are left entirely unprotected and soft-bodied. They belong also with the octopus and squid, collectively called cephalapods.


What animals kingdom are clams in?

Clams belong to the animal kingdom, specifically the phylum Mollusca. They are bivalve mollusks, characterized by their two-part shell.


What is the genus of clams?

There are several different orders, families, geniuses, and species of clams. They belong to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, and class bivalvia.


What order do clams belong to?

Clams belong to the order Veneroida, which is a diverse group of bivalve mollusks characterized by a two-part shell and a muscular foot for burrowing or anchoring in substrate.


What phylum do snails belong to?

There are about 2,000 varieties of 'common clams'! However, they all belong to the mollusca phylum and the bivalviaclass.


What do you call a phylum of invertebrate animal which includes clams?

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Is moth a mollusks?

No. Moths are insects, which belong to the phylum Arthropoda. Arthropoda includes insects, arachnids and crustaceans (such as crabs and shrimp). Molluscs belong to the phylum Mollusca, which includes animals such as snails, slugs, cuttlefishes, octopuses, clams and oysters.