瓣鳃纲

Traditional form:

瓣鰓綱

Pinyin (reading):

bànsāigāng

Definitions:

• Lamellibranchia
• class of bivalves

Characters:

• 瓣 - petal; segment; valve
• 鳃 - fish gills
• 纲 - program, outline; principle, guiding thread

Traditional characters:

• 瓣 - petal; segment; valve
• 鰓 - fish gills
• 綱 - program, outline; principle, guiding thread