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The thin layer of tissue that covers the body of a mollusk is called the "mantle."
The mantle is the fold of tissue which protects the inside mass. If a shell is not present, then the mantle forms it.
Cephalopods
Mollusks have soft body and hard shells but some don't even have shells.
Its shell.
An invertebrate that has a soft body and a shell is called exosceloton.
Mollusks are invertebrates
Mollusks are invertebrates
a shell
A shell
Most of Mollusks protect themselves with help of shell . Shell is hard protective covering made up of CaCO3. Cephalopods are not protected by shell .
Cephalopods are a phylum of mollusks that include squids, octopi, the chambered nautilus, and cuttlefish. All cephalopods have tentacles, most are carnivores, and they are all mollusks. All mollusks have a radula, or toothy tongue, a mantle, or thin layer of tissue that covers the organs and makes the shell, and a muscular foot.