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Clams, oysters, and mussels are in the shellfish family, under the subheadings of mollusks and bivalves.
Mollusks include abalone and scallops as well as clams, oysters, and mussels. Bivalves are any creature with a soft body that lives between two hinged shells.
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∙ 9y agoa clam is a mollusk . It belongs to class Bivalvia . Crustacians belong to Arthropoda .
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Is a clam a fish?
No a Clam is a mollusk.
What is a mollusk - rock turtle clam or sea anemone?
A clam is a mollusk (mostly shellfish and snails).
Which is a mollusk - a rock a turtle a clam or a sea anemone?
A clam is a mollusk, along with other shellfish, and snails.
Is clam a arthropods?
No, it is a mollusk.
Is a clam and invertebrate or an insect?
No, "clam" is a casual term for a mollusk; a filter-feeder type of freshwater or marine animal that has two calcareous shells (valves) joined near a hinge with a flexible ligament. Arthropods are invertebrate animals that have an exoskeleton (external skeleton), segmented body, and jointed appendages (legs), such as spiders (arachnids) or lobsters (crustaceans).
Which of these is not a mollusk A clam B slug C leech D octopus?
A leech is not a mollusk.
Is a clam a mollusk?
Yes, a clam is a mollusk. Clams have soft bodies, which typify mollusks. Clams are part of a sub-family of mollusks called bi-valves.
Is a rat a mollusk?
No, a mollusk is like a clam or mussel. They are phylum mollusca. Rats are phylum chordata.
Is a butterfly an insect or a mollusk?
No, a butterfly is an insect, not a mollusk.
Is barnacles a reptiles?
No they are crustaceans, a type of shellfish or mollusk.
What are mussles?
A mussel is a type of mollusk that is a bivalve similar to a clam.
What are some mollusk that have a double shell?
clam ,oyster ,scallop
