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The mantle of a clam protects the clam from sunlight in shelled mollusks, the mantle is the organ that forms the shell, and adds to the shell to increase its size and strength as the animal grows.
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∙ 13y agoIt makes the shell. If the clam did not have a mantle, there would not be a shell.
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How does a clam mantle function?
The mantle is a secrete shell. The functions of the mantle is to protect the crab.
What is the function of the pallial line on a clam?
shows where all the mantle muscles were attached in life
What is the usual function of the mantle in a snail or clams?
It allows the snail or clam to make it's own shell.
What makes the bands on a clam shell?
the mantle
What structure in a clam secretes the shell?
Mantle
What type of body cavity is a clam?
mantle
Where is the mantle of a clam located?
The mantle of the clam lines the valves, and serves to secrete calcium carbonate in the formation of the clam's shell while protecting the clam's visceral mass.
What is the lining inside a clam called?
greenish in color, mantle, nacre, sofe
The what of a mollusk such as a clam is secreted by the mantle. the answer is 5 letters long.?
The shell is secreted by the mantle.
Where is the mantle located in the clam?
Between the 2 valves
What is the function of a mantle?
I actually think the mantle is part of the Earth so there's basically no function to it.
What is the function of the tooth-like projections at the dorsal edge of the clam's valves?
to allow the clam to filter feed
