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What phylum do Bivalves such as clams gastropods such as snails and cephalopods such as squid belong to?
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What are the 3 groups of Mollusks?
Phylum: MolluscaClasses:AplacophoraPolyplacophora Chiton and limpetsMonoplacophoraBivalvia clams and oystersScaphopoda tusk shellGastropoda snails and slugsCephalopoda octopus and squid
Classification of mollusks?
Mollusca is a phylum that is classified under the super phylum Lophotrochozoa, in the Animal kingdom. There are 11 classes of mollusks in the Mollusca phylum.
The mollusks are largest phylum except for what phylum?
Mollusca is indeed a very large phylum, with bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, monoplacophorans, scaphopods, aplacophorans and chitons. However, this is not nearly enough to cap the largest phylum, which is ....... Phylum Arthropoda, with about 1 million insect species, and plenty of myriapods, arachnids and crustaceans, not to mention horseshoe crabs and pycnogonids.
Is squid a Cnidarian?
No- they do not belong to the phylum Cnidarian. They belong to Molluska.
What order to gastropods belong to?
Gastropods belong to the class Gastropoda, which is a class of mollusks. They are characterized by their single, coiled shell (in most species) and their distinctive method of locomotion known as crawling on a broad, muscular foot.
What organism belongs to Phylum Mollusca?
The Molluska or Mollusca phylum includes: Cephalopods, including octupuses, squids, cuttlefish and nautiluses Gastropods, including slugs and snails, whelks, winkles and shellfish with a single shell Bivalves, including oysters, clams, cockles and other shellfish with two shells
Is an jellyfish a gastropod or a bivalve?
No, jellyfish are neither of these. The gastropods and bivalves belong to the phylum Mollusca, whilst jellyfish are Cnideria. Jellyfish are in many ways more primitive than molluscs, and lack many of their structural features.
Is a fish in the octopus family?
no
What are some phylum mollusca charateristics?
Characteristics include:MantleMuscular 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
Is a Snell an arthropod?
No, snails are molluscs (phylum mollusca), different from phylum arthropoda (arthropods). Arthropods are characterized by segmented bodies, an exoskeleton made from chitin, and joint appendages. In the mollusc phylum, you will see members like the cephalopods including octopi, squid and cuttlefish; or gastropods like snails and slugs.
Is a sand dollar a gastropod?
Sand dollars are not gastropods. Gastropods are charecterized by having a soft body with or without shell. Gastropods comes under phylum mollusca and sand dollars comes under phylum echinodermata.
What is the phylum of the blue lined octopus?
Cephalopods!!!!
