Into which groups are mollusc classified

Into which groups are mollusc classified? What are several representing beings of each and every group?

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The phylum Mollusca is classified into five main groups: pelecypods, or bivalves (that is, Bivalvia or Pelecypoda), comprises oysters, clams, mussels; gastropods (or Gastropoda), snails, sea slugs; cephalopods (or Cephalopoda), octopuses and squids, scaphopods (or Scaphopoda), tooth shells; Polyplacophora and chitons. There are some other mollusc groups.

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