Mollusca Quiz Flashcards
What structures make up a mollusca?
shell (made of calcium carbonate)
mantle (layer of tissue that makes the shell)
Viceral mass that holds the organs
Foot
What one group has no shell?
aplacophora
What is one group that makes their shell out of something other than calcium carbonate and what is it?
Teuthida
chitin
What are the two terms for a sack of organs?
Viceral mass
coelum
How is the foot used in Cephalopods?
It is turned around and used as a tube to where they can snd ring water out to propell themselves
How did Cephalopods get their name?
their feet and tenticles grow out of their head
What was the first mollusca?
Aplacophora
What is unique about Aplacophora?
they lack a shell
What comes after Aplacophora?
Polyplacophora
What comes after Polyplacophora?
Monoplacophora
What comes after Monoplacophora?
Gastropoda
What is the other name for Gastropoda?
snail
What is the subgroup of Gastropoda?
Pulmonata
What is unique abot Pulmonata?
Lunged
Terrestrial
What comes after Gastropoda?
Cephalopods
What is unique about Cephalopods?
suction tenticles
started closed curculatory system
What does gastro mean?
stomach
What does poda mean?
foot
What are the subroups of Cephalopods?
Nautiloidea Ammonoiea Coleoidea Octopoda Vampyomorphia Sepiida Sepiolida Teuthida
What is unique about Nautiloidea?
chambered shell (use gas in the shell to move)