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Characteristics include:
- Mantle
- Muscular Foot (in cephalopods this has branched out to form tentacles and arms)
- Radula - a chainsaw like feeding tongue (secondarily lost in some species such as the bivalves and some cephalopods)
- Calcium Carbonate Shell (secondarily lost in some cephalopods and some gastropods)
- Open Circulatory System
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∙ 9y agoAll mollusks share three defining features. Most notably, they share the feature of a muscular foot, many of which use this to move. They also have a mantel and a radula.
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What is the phylum for oyster?
Mollusca Dana in Ms
What phylum do slugs belong to?
a slug belongs to a snail family that is real
Structure and function redula of pila?
Rasping organ in the phylum mollusca
Mussel scientific name?
The scientific name used for mussel is bivalvia mollusca. Mussels are a part of the kingdom Animalia and a part of the phylum Mollusca.
What order do clams belong to?
Scientific classification of clams: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Bivalvia.
What phylum is a clam?
There in the phylum Mollusca
What animal is not in the phylum mollusca?
An animal that is not in the phylum Mollusca is a spider. Spiders belong to the phylum Arthropoda.
What is the most active mollusca?
Phylum Mollusca
What is a snails phylum?
Snails belong to the phylum Mollusca, which is a diverse group of invertebrates that includes creatures like clams, octopuses, and squid. Mollusks are characterized by having soft bodies and, in many cases, hard shells for protection.
Which phylum would squid octopuses and slugs belongs to?
The octopus belongs to the phylum, Mollusca. It shares this phylum with its brethren squid and mollusks. It is a cephalopod, the octopus; therefore, Cephalopoda would be its class. Hope this helps.
What group does a snail come from?
Snails are of the phylum Mollusca.
What are some representatives of the phylum Mollusca?
Snails, clams, and octopicoelom
What is the phylum for oyster?
Mollusca Dana in Ms
To what phylum do mollusks belsong to?
Mollusca is the phylum.
What is the phyla for snails?
Snails belong to the phylum Mollusca, which also includes other animals such as clams, octopuses, and squid. This phylum is characterized by soft bodies, often covered by a hard shell, and a muscular foot used for locomotion.
What phylum do snails belong to?
There are about 2,000 varieties of 'common clams'! However, they all belong to the mollusca phylum and the bivalviaclass.
What is the phylum and class for oysters?
Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalivia Hope this helps
