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Phylum includes snails and slugs, oysters and clams, and octopuses and squids
Mollusca
are soft bodied animals, but most protected by hard shell
Molluscs
all molluscs have same body plan with 3 main parts
muscular foot, visceral mass, mantle
Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda
4 major classes of molluscs
most distinctive characteristics of gastropods
torsion
the animal’s anus and mantle ends up above its head
torsion
includes clams, oysters and scallops
Bivalves
shell divided into 2 halves
bivalves
includes squids, octopi, nautilus
Cephalopod
have a closed circulatory system, well developed sense organs and complex brain
Cephalopods
bodies made up of series of fused rings
Annelids
Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, Hirudinea
3 classes of Phylum Annelida
named for relatively sparse chaeta, have bristles made of chitin
Oligochaetes
include earthworms and variety of aquatic species
Oligochaetes
includes leeches
Hirudinea
chemical secreted by leeches that prevents blood from coagulating
hirudin
the most species rich animal group
Ecdysozoans