Lab 7 Flashcards
How many Molluscs?
~90,000 species
Age of Molluscs?
Cambrian - Present
What clade?
Part of the bilateria and the clade Lophotrochozoa
Sister groups?
Bryozoa
Brachiopoda
Annelida
Mantle
Dorsal body wall covering visceral mass
Mantle Cavity is passageway for incoming currents
Foot
Most have it, used for balance.
Gastropoda foot
Mucus secretion
Chitons foot
Suction
Bivalve foot
Burrowing
Cephalopod foot
Propulsion and tentacles
Radula
Tongue like, used for eating
Bivalves don’t have one
Shell
Can be singular, bivalve, multi valved, or absent
Solenogastres and Caudofoveata
Lack shells Age is recent They have sclerites Superficially worm like These are known together as the Aplacophorans
Polyplacophora
Age: Cambrian-recent
These are the chitons
8 bilaterally symmetrical valved surround muscular girdle
Intertidal algae eaters
Stem group is multiplplacophorans- 17, not 8
Monoplacophora
Age: Cambrian - recent
Single, cap like conical valve
Deep sea
Many are in a diff. Group called Helionelloida, extinct in Ordovician