MOLLSUCS Flashcards
they are also called
soft bodied animals
habitat
marine, fresh water, damp soil
examples
snail, osyters, octupus, clams, slugs, toredo,
form of living
sessile
free living
body is divided into
head
ventral muscular foot
dorsal visceral region
the body is covered by
mantle
mantle secretes what in some molluscs
shell
may be internal or external
molluscs having external shells
snails,
mollsucs having internal shell
cuttle fish
molluscs having no shell
octupus
the body is unsegmented
digestive system contains
rasping organ radula
empties into mantle
excretory system
metanephridia
wastes empties into percardial cavity
repro
sexes may be separate- unio
or united- helix
coelom is divided into
sinuses
development takes place through
trochophore larvae
also in annelida- earthworms
respiration occurs through
gills, lungs mantle, body surface
nervous system
paired cerebral, pleural, pedal and visceral ganglia with NERVE CORD
shell of mussesl
button - ornaments
source of food
clams eaten in europe america and far east
oysters make
valuable pearls
which is inuriouus to garden and cultivation
slugs
which is harmful for ships
toredo-shipworm