Lophotrochozoa
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Lophotrochozoa is a clade of protostome animals within the Spiralia. The taxon was established as a monophyletic group based on molecular evidence. The clade includes animals like annelids, molluscs,
Caribbean reef squid
Brachiopod
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Brachiopods, phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinge
Lophotrochozoa
…The taxon was established as a monophyletic group based on molecular evidence. The clade includes animals like annelids, molluscs, bryozoans, and brachiopods. Lophotrochozoa was defined in 1995 as the "last common ancestor of the three traditional lophophorate taxa (brachiopods, bryozoans, and phoronid worms…
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Terebratalia transversa 141510036
Paired lophophores of Terebratalia transversa, a modern brachiopod in the order Terebratulida
An unidentified brachiopod feeding off the coast of Ushant, France.