Molluscs Flashcards
unique amongst molluscs, except in bivalves, tiny teeth up to 250,000
radula
Mollusca are mostly ______ some are hermaphroditic
dioecious
egg hatches and produces a ______ trochophore larva
free-swimming
larva undergoes ______ __________ into a small juvenile as in chitons, which is ancestral for most molluscs
direct metamorphosis
In many gastropods and bivalves, a uniquely molluscan
intermediate larval stage, the _____, is hatched with the
beginnings of a foot, shell, and mantle
veliger
true or false
cephalopods, some freshwater bivalves, and snails have no free swimming larvae and only juveniles hatch directly from eggs
true
Class of Chitons or Katharina sp
Class Polyplacophora
Chitons are flattened ______ with a convex dorsal surface
dorsoventrally
chitons have _____ articulating limy plates
7 or 8
most diverse class of mollusca
class gastropoda
Shells of gastropods are
a. one piece
b. two piece
a. one piece univalve, coiled or uncoiled
_____ is smallest and oldest part of whorl
a. apex
b. spine
c. operculum
a. apex
what does it mean when a shell is in dextral coiling formation
right sided
what does it mean when a shell is in sinistral coiling formation
left sided
entry of snail shells
operculum