Chatper 33: Slide 125-Pt. B 55 Flashcards
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This phylum includes snails and slugs, oysters and clams, and octopi and squid
Mollusca
Where do Molluscs live?
Marine, fresh water, and terrestrial
Soft bodies of many species are surrounded by a protective calcium carbonate shell
Mollusca
What three mollusca have a reduced internal shell?
Slugs, squids and octopi
What are the 3 parts of the molluscs body plan?
Foot, visceral mass, and mantle
This part of the body plan in mollusca is usually used for movement
Muscular foot
This part of the body plan in mollusca contains most of the internal organs
Visceral mass
This part of the body plan in mollusca is a fold of tissue draping over the visceral mass that secretes the shell
Mantle
Molluscs have a water-filled ________ ________ that house the gills, anus, and excretory pores
Mantle cavity
In mollusca, many feed using a strap like ________ to scrape up food
Radula
Most molluscs have separate ______, but many snails are _________________
Sexes; hermaphrodites
Many molluscs have a ciliated larval stage called
The trochophore
There are 8 clades of molluscs, the major 4 are
- Polyplacophora (chitons)
- Gastropoda (snails and slugs)
- Bivalvia (calms, oysters, and other bivalves)
- Cephalopoda (squids, octopi, cuttlefish, and chambered nautiluses)
About 3/4 of molluscs are
Gastropods
Move slowly using cilia or by a rippling motion of the foot
Gastropods
Where do Gastropods live
Marine, freshwater and terrestrial
Are marine animals with oval-shaped bodies and a shell made of 8 dorsal plates
Chitons
The ________ in a chiton, is used to grip and creep slowly along rock
Foot
In chiton, what is used to scrape algae off the surface
Radula
Gastropods have a single, spiraled shell that protects them from _________, _____________, and ___________
Injury, dehydration, and predation
Most are herbivores, but some species use modified radula to feed on prey
Gastropods
Have a head with eyes at the tips of tentacles
Gastropods
Terrestrial snails lack _______; they use the lining of the _________ ________ for gas exchange with the air
Gills; mantle cavity
Are all aquatic and include many species of clams, oysters, muscles and scallops
Bivalves