mˌɔːɹfəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl ˈænɐlˌaɪzᵻz tˈɛnd tə ɹᵻkˈʌvɚɹ ɐ kəntʃˈɪfɚɹən klˈeɪd ðæt ɹᵻsˈiːvz lˈɛs səpˈoːɹt fɹʌm məlˈɛkjʊlɚɹ ˈænɐlˌaɪzᵻz, ɔːlðˈoʊ ðiːz ɹɪzˈʌlts ˈɔːlsoʊ lˈiːd tʊ ˌʌnɛkspˈɛktᵻd pˈæɹəfˌɪliz, fɔːɹ ˈɪnstəns skˈæɾɚɹɪŋ ðə baɪvˈælvz θɹuːˈaʊt ˈɔːl ˈʌðɚ mˈɑːlʌsk ɡɹˈuːps.
Morphological analyses tend to recover a conchiferan clade that receives less support from molecular analyses, although these results also lead to unexpected paraphylies, for instance scattering the bivalves throughout all other mollusc groups.