Taxonomy sheet 2 Flashcards
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Phylum mollusca general characteristics
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- Eucoelomate
- Bilateral symmetry
- Open or closed (in cephalopods) circulatory system
- Ctenidial gills
- Huge, diverse group - probably 3rd largest phylum
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Eucoelomate
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having a body cavity that is a coelom
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acoelomate
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an invertebrate lacking a coelom
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pseudocoelomate
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organism with body cavity that is not derived from the mesoderm
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ctenidial gills (ctenidium)
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respiratory organ or gills. that are found in mollusks
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Phylum mollusca classes
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- Class solenogastres and Caudocoveata
- Class scaphopoda
- Class polyplacophora
- Class gastropoda
- Class Bivalvia
- Class cephalopoda
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Class solenogastres and caudofoveata
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- They are worm-like
2. Have no shells
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Class scaphopoda
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- Tusk shells
2. Deposit feeders
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deposit feeders
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ingest particles associated with sediments
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Class polyplacophora
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- Chitons
- Shell - 8 plates (valves)
- Serially repetitious gills
- Open circulatory system
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Class Gastropoda subclasses
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- Subclass Prosobranchia
- Subclass Opisthobranchia
- Subclass pulmonata
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Subclass Prosobranchia
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- Marine snails
2. Gills in front (torsion)
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Subclass Opisthobranchia
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- Sea slugs
2. Gills in back (detorsion)
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Subclass Pulmonata
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- Lung or gill
2. Terrestrial or freshwater snails and slugs
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Class bivalvia
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- Two halves to shell
- Suspension feeders
- three chambered heart (open circulatory)
- Specialized for filter feeding