| Heteroconchia | |
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| The venerid species Austrovenus stutchburyi, the New Zealand cockle, is sold internationally as sea food. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1]
This infraclass includes the cockles, Venus clams,[1] the freshwater mussels, brooch clams, as well as Heterodonta and Archiheterodonta.[2]
- ^ a b "Heteroconchia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Heteroconchia". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.