Thecostraca
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Thecostraca is a subclass of crustaceans that includes barnacles and related sessile or parasitic forms, characterized by specialized adaptations for attachment or parasitism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thecostraca canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17619066 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thecostraca Context triple: [Maxillopoda, includesTaxon, Thecostraca]
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A.
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large and diverse order of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial gastropod mollusks that includes many familiar periwinkles, whelks, and related snails.
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B.
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a major clade of gastropod mollusks that includes nerites and their relatives, characterized by typically small, often globular shells and a long fossil record extending back to the Paleozoic.
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C.
Ostracoda
Ostracoda are a class of small, bivalve-shelled crustaceans commonly known as seed shrimp, found in marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
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D.
Bivalvia
Bivalvia is a class of aquatic mollusks characterized by a laterally compressed body enclosed within a hinged two-part shell, including clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops.
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E.
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thecostraca Target entity description: Thecostraca is a subclass of crustaceans that includes barnacles and related sessile or parasitic forms, characterized by specialized adaptations for attachment or parasitism.
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A.
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large and diverse order of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial gastropod mollusks that includes many familiar periwinkles, whelks, and related snails.
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B.
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a major clade of gastropod mollusks that includes nerites and their relatives, characterized by typically small, often globular shells and a long fossil record extending back to the Paleozoic.
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C.
Ostracoda
Ostracoda are a class of small, bivalve-shelled crustaceans commonly known as seed shrimp, found in marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
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D.
Bivalvia
Bivalvia is a class of aquatic mollusks characterized by a laterally compressed body enclosed within a hinged two-part shell, including clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops.
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E.
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.