Phylum Molluska Flashcards
Consists of internal organs
Visceral Mass
Stabilizing appendage for squid
Lateral Fin
Mode of nutrient gathering for oysters and other bivalves
Filter Feeder
Versatile body part with various form and functions
Foot
Shell-less mollusk
Octopus
Oral feeding structure of cephalopods
Beak
Feather gills of squid
Ctenidium
Tube shaped structure for removing nitrogenous wastes
Nephridia
“Stomach foot” ex snails, slugs, nudibranchs
Gastropoda
Structure used for feeding for snails and slugs
Radula
Shelled cephalopods
Nautilus
Soft bodied
Molluscus
Thin layer of tissue covering most of mollusk body
Mantle
Tube like structure through which water enters and leaves the body
Siphon
Having two identical halves
Bilateral
Having two shells
Bivalve
Mode of locomotion for octopi and squid
Jet propulsion
Using organisms to clean up the environment
Bioremediation
Protective structure of calcium carbonate
Shell
Free swimming larvae
Trochophore
Having tentacles foot for predation
Cephalopods
Class Gastropoda
Pond snails Land slugs Limpets Sea hares Sea butterflies Nudibranchs
Bivalves
Clams
Oysters
Mussels
Scallops
Cephalopods
Octopi
Squids
Cuttle fish
Nauiluses