Kingdom Animalia (animals) Eumetazoa (metazoans) Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) Protostomia (protostomes) Lophotrochozoa Trochozoa Mollusca (clams, snails, squids, and relatives) Class Bivalvia Order Veneroida Superfamily Mactroidea Family Mactridae Genus Mulinia Species Mulinia cleryana (Clery surfclam)