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Mollusks
Mollusks are soft-bodied animals that usually
have an internal or external shell.
Has ctenida, nephridiopores and gonotopores
located on the mantle cavity.
Date back from Cambrian Period.
Metanerphridia
Schizocoelous protostomes.
Can be monoecious or dioecious.
Body Plan – 4 parts
1. foot
2. mantle
3. shell
4. visceral mass
Feeding
Feeding – radula –
ribbon of teeth
Others are filter feeders
using an incurrent and
excurrent siphon
Respiration and Circulation
Respiration – gills
Circulation - Open circulatory system – heart
and open sinuses. Open circulatory system
works for slow moving creatures
Closed circulatory system – blood is contained
in veins and arteries. Octopi and squid
Taxonomic Summary
Class Polyplacophora
Class Gastropoda
Class Bivalvia
Class Scaphopoda
Class Cephalopoda
Class Claudofaveata
Class Solenogastres
Class Monoplacophora
Class Polyplacaphora
Also known as chitons.
Bilaterally symmetrical.