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The radula is a tongue-like organ with rows of teeth that work like files. It is used for scraping and tearing food.
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What organs do gastropods have?
heart,foot,radula,intestine,anus,esophagus, and ganglia
What are some animals with a radula?
i believe the answer is snails and slugs and sometimes worms
A row of tiny teeth found in gastropods and cephalopods is called?
I believe you're referring to a structure called a Radula.
How do gastropods reproduce?
Gastropods obtain food by crawling around and looking for it. When they find it, they use their radula (sharp teeth-like structures that rotate) to scrape food off of things. For example, if a gastropod finds some algae on a rock, they will use radula to scrape the algae off the rock. Gastropods do not chew they scrape things off and digest it.
What do bivalves lack that other classes have?
other molluscs have a radula which is lost in the bivalves, they also have a reduced head and nervous system. most are also lamellibranchs (filter feeders) which is why they have lost the radula (used for rasping plant life by herbivores such as the gastropods).
Mollusks except for the filter feeding bivalves have a specialized feeding organ known as the?
radula. The radula is a tongue-like organ equipped with rows of small, chitinous teeth that are used to scrape or rasp food particles off surfaces. It is primarily found in gastropods such as snails and slugs, but is also present in other mollusk groups like chitons and some cephalopods.
What do Gastropod Bivalves and Cephalopoda eat?
Gastropods are animals such as snails. Some are carnivores and eat small insects like ants or aphids. Some are herbivores and eat various plants.
Do oysters have a radula?
No. Oysters do not have a radula
Class without the radula in molluscs?
Bivalves do not have a radula.
What does a marine snail eat?
Marine Gastropods (snails, slugs) as a group cover pretty much every feeding strategy known. Many use their rough tongue (called a radula) to scrape micro algae off the surface of hard substrate. However, Gastropods can also be carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, scavengers, deposit feeders, suspension feeders and parasites. Some cone shells even hunt small fish!
Are snail worms?
No, snails are gastropods.
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
