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Molluscs
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- 1Footallows locomotion
- 2MantleOverlays the Visceral mass & secretes shell
- 3Mantle CavityWater fill cavity containing lung or gill
- 4Visceral massContains most of the internal organs
- 5RadulaScraping rasp-like feeding organ
- 6Class PolyplacophoraChitons
8 dorsal plates - 7Class GastropodaSlugs and Snails
- 8Class BilvalvesClams, Mussels, Oysters
- 9Class MonoplacophoraNot Limpets
1 plate
Segmented - 10Class CephalopodaSquids, Octopuses, Nautiluses & Cuttlefish
- 11Cephalopod characteristics- Brain
- Closed Circulatory system
- Internal shell
- Siphon (mod foot)
- Tenticles
- Beak - 12HectocotylusSpecialised reproductive temticle in cephalopods
- 13Gastropods split into Subclasses:Subclasses
Prosobranchia
Opisthobranchia
Pulmonata - 14Subclass ProsobranchiaCone snails
- 15Subclass OpisthobranchiaSea slugs
external gas exchange - 16OperculumProtein disc in Prosobranchia
- 17Subclass PulmonataTerrestrial snails and slugs
- 18PneumostromeHole that allows air to enter Pulmonata
- 19CtenidiaGastropod gills
- 20Torsion180° twist of visceral in gastropod development
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- Biology (Patterns of Life ) Flashcards on Molluscs, created by Ethan Ross on 28/11/2017.
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