Mollusca Flashcards
1
Q
Three types of mollusks
A
Gastropods
Bivalves
Cephalopods
2
Q
three things all mollusks have in common
A
Muscular head-foot
mantle (which makes;)
Shell
3
Q
Adductor muscles (clam)
A
two large muscles used to pull the valves closed. what you eat when you order scallops
4
Q
Siphons
A
extensions of the edge of the mantle-allows for filter feeding. in a squid the siphon directs the jet of water when squid contracts mantle.
