2- Mollusca Flashcards
(14 cards)
phylum:
- diverse group of soft-bodied animals
- most marine
- possess a true coelom
- have trochophore larvae like annelids
mollusca
generalized mollusca 3 regions:
- foot
- visceral mass
- mantle
region of mollusca: internal organs of mollusca
visceral mass
region of mollusca: encloses the organs and secretes the material that makes up the shell in some groups
mantle
an oral structure for scraping food from the substrate unique to moluscs
radula
molluscs typically respire w gills called ___
stenidia
blood circulation is ___ in all molluscs except ____
open; cephalopods
mollusc class:
- “shellfish” (clams, oysters, mussels, etc.)
- shell is in 2 pieces
bivalvia
mollusc class:
- squid, octopi, cuttlefish
- highly motile
- most species lack a prominent shell
cephalopoda
in bivalves: the oldest and thickest part of the shell
umbo
in bivalves: connects the two halves of the shell
hinge ligament
in squids: visible immediately dorsal to the eyes under the mantle collar
pen
in squid: 2 longer appendages
tentacles