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The mantle of the mollusk helps it protect its delecate skull and grows and shrinks when detectiong danger. The mantle also grows when sexually urged by female mollusks and the mollusk with the largest mantle wins over its mate.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe function of a mantle on a mollusk is the same as the respiratory system in mammals. It is also part of the feeding structure in bivalves.
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What group of invertebrates has a mantle?
mollusks :)
What surrounds a mollusks visceral mass?
the mantle!
What is the thin folded membranous tissue that envelopes most of the visceral mass in mollusks?
The Mantle
Do mollusk cells have a nucleus?
No. There are different classes of mollusks. Gastropods (shell-less or single-shelled), Bivalves (2 shells held together by 1 of 2 powerful muscles), and Cephalopods (Small internal shells or no shells at all)
Foot of a squid?
The foot of the squid is it's tentacles, it enables the squid to move very very very very very very very fast. The foot is also the mantle of the squid (the mantle is a thick layer of tissues {muscle} all mollusks use to protect their guts). In this case the squid uses it's mantle to run away from predators (swim away).
What group of invertebrates has a mantle?
mollusks :)
What surrounds a mollusks visceral mass?
the mantle!
Explain where the mantle is and what it does for mollusks?
The mantle is the fold of tissue which protects the inside mass. If a shell is not present, then the mantle forms it.
Water-dwelling mollusks have in the mantle cavity?
Gills:)! YOURWELCOME!
What traits do mollusks have?
They have a mascular foot, a visceral mass, and a mantle.
The thin folded membranous tissue that envelops most of the visceral mass in mollusks is known as what?
The thin folded membranous tissue that envelops most of the visceral mass in mollusks is called the mantle. The mantle is common on all mollusks, including those that live in freshwater.
How is a mollusks mantle related to it's shell?
It protects there internal organs.
What characteristic distinguishes arthropods and mollusks?
Mollusks compose of the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca. Mollusks have a mantle, mollusks invertebrate. Arthropods have jointed appendages, arthropods have segmented bodies
What is the thin folded membranous tissue that envelopes most of the visceral mass in mollusks?
The Mantle
Most mollusks breathe with ciliated gills located in their mantle cavity?
its true as long as they are underwater
True or false Most mollusks breathe with ciliated gills located in their mantle cavity?
True
The thin folded membranous tissue that envelops most of the visceral mass in mollusks is known as .?
The mantle
