Lecture 22 Flashcards
Phylum Mollusca traits?
Calcium carbonate shell
Snails, clams squids and shit
muscular ventral foot for movement
Not segmented
Mantle of Mollusca?
Thin layer of tissue that secretes shell
visceral mass?
Contains mollusca organs, above its foot
Radula?
strap-like rasping organ (mouthparts)
Gills?
gas exchange and sometimes feeding
___ circulatory system?
Open with blood not in vessels and a reduced coelom
Trochophore?
planktonic larva
Gatropoda class?
Snails Glide along large foot Torsion (anal opening over head) Most are marine Use lung for gas exchange (Mantle cavity)
Nudibranch
Shell less gastropods
Eat cnidarians and use their nematocysts
Class bivalvia?
Clams, oysters, mussels, scallops
Mostly marine
Feed by filtering through gills
Most dont move
Class Cephalopoda?
Squid, cuttlefish, octopi No external shells Long tentacles along mouth Predatory (beak) Maternal care Do not have trochophore larvae. good vision intelligent
Siphon? (cephalopoda)
jet propulsion
Only type of mollusc with?
Closed circulatory system