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Mollusca 4 classes near shore Gastropoda- The snails
Polyplacophora- Chitons Bivalva-Two shelled Cephalopoda- Squid & octope
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Molluscan Body Soft bodies Two main parts: head-foot, visceral mass
Visceral mass: Organ systems Head-foot: Head, foot, sensory,and foot Visceral mass is covered by the mantle which forms the shell Radula- teeth
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Feeding Herbivores, carnivores,filter, detritivores or parasites
Use of a siphon or radula
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Mollusk
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Gastropods Examples: snails, whelks, cowries Muscular foot
Micro to 3 feet long Foot acts as door Some scrape algae from rocks Conchs eat seagrasses
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Gastropods cont. Some have a radula covered with toxins
Most have separate sexes Internal fertilization for most
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Slipper snails Hermaphroditic Stacked on top of each other
Young are always male Can stay male or change to female Cannot go back to male
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Chitons Flat bodies- low profile 8 plates Eats algae
Found on intertidal rocks Lethargic
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Bivalves Two shells Muscles hold them together No head No radula
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Feeding Cilia form currents to fill body cavity with water
Mucus traps food on the gills
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Cephalopods Soft bodied mollusk.
Foot is divided into tentacles or arms. Octopi, squids, cuttlefish, and nautiluses.
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Squids, Octopods, and Cuttlefish
Bulky bodies 8 arms, 2 tentacles Chromatophores Jet propulsion Ink gland
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Cuttlefish
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Nautilus
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