It allows the snail or clam to make it's own shell.
Mantle performs many functions .In snails and clams it forms shell . In Pearl Oyester it forms pearl . in most mollusks it helps in respiration .
makes its own shell
It allows the snail or clam to make it's own shell.
The mantle is a secrete shell. The functions of the mantle is to protect the crab.
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.
shows where all the mantle muscles were attached in life
A clam... so does an oyster.
Calcium Carbonate
the mantle
Mantle
mantle
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.
greenish in color, mantle, nacre, sofe
Octopus Squid Cuttlefish Snail Clam