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Which phylum are mollusks in? | Mollusca |
Which kingdom are mollusks in? | Animalia |
Which animals are in the Mollusca phylum? | soft-bodied invertebrates that usually have a shell |
What is a mantle? | a thin membrane that secretes the shell for many mollusks |
What are the three body parts of a mollusk? | head, foot, and viceral mass |
What is the viceral mass? | The space in which the body parts are located |
What is in a mollusk's head? | the brain and sensory organs |
What is a radula? | a rough, tongue-like organ used to scrape algae off of rocks found in some mollusks such as a snail |
What is a gastropod? | a mollusk with one shell |
What does gastropod mean? | stomach foot |
Which mollusks are gastropods? | conchs, slugs, and snails |
What are univalves? | gastropods that have only one shell |
What are bivalves? | mollusks that have a hinged shell in two parts |
Which mollusks are bivalves? | scallops, oysters, and clams |
What do bivalves use to open and close its shell? | muscles |
How do bivalves get their food? | filter-feed organic particles through their gills? |
How do pearls start? | a grain of sand gets caught in a molllusk's mantle. |
What is a pearl's coating made from? | The irritant is coated with the same material used to produce the lining of its shell. |
What does "cephalopod" mean? | head-footed |
What is connected to a cephalopod's head? | It's feet (or arms) |
Which group of mollusks usually don't have an external shell? | cephalopods |
What do cephalopods use to bite into prey? | a beak |
How many arms does an octopus have? | 8 |
How many arms does a squid have? | 10 |