Molluscs Flashcards

1
Q

unique amongst molluscs, except in bivalves, tiny teeth up to 250,000

A

radula

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2
Q

Mollusca are mostly ______ some are hermaphroditic

A

dioecious

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3
Q

egg hatches and produces a ______ trochophore larva

A

free-swimming

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4
Q

larva undergoes ______ __________ into a small juvenile as in chitons, which is ancestral for most molluscs

A

direct metamorphosis

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5
Q

In many gastropods and bivalves, a uniquely molluscan
intermediate larval stage, the _____, is hatched with the
beginnings of a foot, shell, and mantle

A

veliger

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6
Q

true or false
cephalopods, some freshwater bivalves, and snails have no free swimming larvae and only juveniles hatch directly from eggs

A

true

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7
Q

Class of Chitons or Katharina sp

A

Class Polyplacophora

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8
Q

Chitons are flattened ______ with a convex dorsal surface

A

dorsoventrally

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9
Q

chitons have _____ articulating limy plates

A

7 or 8

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10
Q

most diverse class of mollusca

A

class gastropoda

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11
Q

Shells of gastropods are
a. one piece
b. two piece

A

a. one piece univalve, coiled or uncoiled

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12
Q

_____ is smallest and oldest part of whorl
a. apex
b. spine
c. operculum

A

a. apex

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13
Q

what does it mean when a shell is in dextral coiling formation

A

right sided

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14
Q

what does it mean when a shell is in sinistral coiling formation

A

left sided

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15
Q

entry of snail shells

A

operculum

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16
Q

habitats of gastropod

A

occupy all kinds of habitats

17
Q

3 subclasses of gastropoda

A

-prosobranchia
-opisthobranchia
- pulmonata

18
Q

largest subclass of gastropods with mostly marine species and some freshwater forms
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

a. prosobranchia

19
Q

all marine species including sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranchs
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

b. opisthobranchia

20
Q

terrestrial and freshwater species
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

c. pulmonata

21
Q

long siphons may separate incurrent and excurrent flow
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

a. prosobranchia

22
Q

limpets, flamingo tongues
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

a. prosobranchia

23
Q

nudibranchs
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

b. opisthobranchia

24
Q

shell is reduced or absent and all are monoecious
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

b. opisthobranchs

25
Q

snail, slug
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

c. pulmonata

26
Q

show some detorsion, generally monoecious
a. prosobranchia
b. opisthobranchia
c. pulmonata

A

c. pulmonata

27
Q

also called pelecypoda or hatchet-foot
a. class gastropoda
b. class bivalvia

A

b. class bivalvia

28
Q

Lack a head, radula, or other aspects of cephalization
a. class gastropoda
b. class bivalvia

A

b. class bivalvia

29
Q

are sexes are usually seperate in bivalvia?

A

yes

30
Q

These class are all marine predators

A

class cephalopoda

31
Q

squids, octopuses, nautiluses, devilfish and cuttlefish are part of this class

A

class cephalopoda

32
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A