Mollusca Flashcards

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Three types of mollusks

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Gastropods
Bivalves
Cephalopods

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three things all mollusks have in common

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Muscular head-foot
mantle (which makes;)
Shell

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Adductor muscles (clam)

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two large muscles used to pull the valves closed. what you eat when you order scallops

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Siphons

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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.

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