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Do gastropods have predators?
Gastropods (literally stomach foot), or slugs and snails, are eaten by such creatures as thrushes (which smash them onto rocks). Frogs are one of the main predators for slugs and snails, but beetles, hedgehogs and shrews will all eat them - to name just a few.
What are the names of all the molluscs?
I just learned this in school, a quote from my notes. In the mollusk family there are 4 groups: Gastropods, the one-shelled if any snails, slugs, and invertebrates like abalone, Bi-Valves, two shells, clams mussels etc. Chitons, 8-shelled, and octopus and squid.
If a slug have no shell are they gastropods or cephalopods?
Slugs are gastropods. All slugs are shell-less.
What would happen if shelled mollucks lost there shell?
They would have less protection from predators! (plato)
Is a snail an insect and why?
No, they are gastropods; animals that grow their homes.
All gastropods have a single large coiled shell?
False
Can giant African snails hear?
No. All gastropods are deaf.
How do snails hear?
They don't. Gastropods cannot hear at all.
Are snail worms?
No, snails are gastropods.
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
What are the predators of the mussel?
Saltwater mussels: Humans, seastars, seabirds, marine gastropods. Freshwater mussels: Otters, racoons, ducks, geese.
How do periwinkles breathe?
periwinkles belong to a group called gastropods... Almost all marine gastropods breathe with a gill, but many freshwater species, and the majority of terrestrial species, have a pallial lung. The respiratory protein in almost all gastropods is a hemocyanin but a pulmonate family planorbidae have hemglobin as respiratory protein. sources :www.wikipedia.com
