1. Snails, Slugs, Clams, Oysters, Octopi, Squids, Cuttlefish, etc.
Molluscs
Snails, Slugs, Clams, Oysters, Octopi, Squids, Cuttlefish, etc.

2. Mollusc Characteristics
1. Coelomates
2. Bilateral symmetry.
3. Have a visceral mass, which houses the organs of digestion, circulation, reproduction, and excretion.
4. Have a mantle which secretes the shell.
5. Have a mantle cavity which is open to the outside for gas exchange and elimination of waste.
6. Most also have a beak which is similar to a bird’s beak, and a tongue-like radula used to scrape food.
7. First animals to have one or more hearts.

3. Trochophore Larva
Remember that a larva is an immature form that does not resemble the adult, but that eventually develops into an adult.

4. Class Gastropoda – Snails & Slugs
The soft body is protected by a hard shell, which the snail retreats into when alarmed.
Found worldwide in the seas, in fresh water, and in moist areas on land.
Locomotion: Snails move by crawling, swimming, or floating with currents. A special gland in the foot secretes mucus that helps the snail move.
Snails have two pairs of tentacles on the head. Land snails have a light-sensitive eyespot located on each of the larger tentacles. The smaller pair of tentacles is used for the sense of smell and the sense of touch.
Diet: Most snails eat living and decaying plants. They eat using a radula, a rough tongue-like organ that has thousands of tiny denticles (like teeth).

5. Snail Biology
Fig. 16.2

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Radular Structure
Source: From A Life of Invertebrates, Copyright © 1979 W. D. Russell-Hunter.

7. Class Bivalvia

8. Class Bivalvia: Clams, Oysters, Scallops, & Mussels
Bivalves (pelecypoda) are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together.
Oyster – stationary
Scallop – moves by “jet propulsion”
Clams – burrowing foot
Open circulatory system – no veins or arteries, just free flowing blood
Bivalves are important to our area for two reasons:
1. food
2. they are nature’s water filter and help to clean the Chesapeake Bay.

9. Fig b

10. Clam anatomy Pericardial cavity Metanephridium Heart Intestine
Mouth
Excurrent
Stomach
Incurrent
Intestine
Gonad

11. Pearl formation Shell Developing pearl Epithelium
Irritant lodged between shell and mantle
Layers of nacre secreted around foreign material

12. Class Cephalopoda: Octopi, Squid, & Cuttlefish
Cephalopod means "head-foot." The foot of the cephalopod is a cluster of tentacles that connects directly to the head.
The brain, the eyes, and the other sensory organs are well-developed, more than any other mollusc.
Cephalopods breathe using gills.
Closed circulatory system.
They swim by jet-propulsion; they rapidly expel water from the mantle cavity through a specialized, tube-like organ called the hyponome. Many can also eject a cloud of ink to confuse enemies.
Many can change color for camouflage or to attract mates.

13. Squid
Tentacle
Arm
Funnel (siphon)
Fin
Collar
Eye

14. Squid Shell (Pen) Systemic heart Brachial heart Ctenidium (gills)
Funnel 4

15. Squid Male
Testis
Penis
Hectocotylous arm – transfers sperm

16. Squid Female Ovary with eggs Oviducal gland
Nidamental glands – (of or pertaining to eggs or a nest)
Oviduct opening

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Cephalopod Eye
(The most well-developed eye of all the invertebrates! They can see just as well as we can, and in perfect color!)