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they all have hard shells and live in the ocean
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How would you describe a mollusk?
Clams, octopi, oysters, scallops, slugs, snails, and squid are all mollusks. Mollusks have soft bodies and either a 1 shell or 2 shells. Clams and scallops are bivalves, which are 2-shelled mollusks.
What are clams squid and snails called?
clams, oysters and scallops are organized into the group called bivalves. they are two-shelled, slow moving organisms
Do oysters have a backbone?
No. Oysters are mollusks, which have shells rather than bones.
What kingdom do clams belong to?
Clams belong to Animalia
Why phylum do clams belong to?
The phylum is Mollusca - all clams are mollusks, like any shelled bivalve. Snails and slugs are also mollusks.
How are oysters and clams different?
Oysters taste like disgusting slobby nothing! its so digusting. IT TOOK ME OVER 20 GLASSES OF WATER TO GET THE TASTE OUT. If you were thinking of having oysters tonight, D.O.N.T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is a slug an inverebrate?
Yes. Slugs, snails, squid, clams, and all other mollusks are invertebrates.
What other organisms have some of the same characteristics as a snail?
Snails and slugs are mollusks. This means they are related to other shellfish such as clams and oysters. Like other mollusks, snails and slugs cannot live in direct sunlight or dry heat, and survive in moist, wet environments.
Example of sponges and coelenterates and worms and mollusks and echinoderms and arthropods?
A Sponge is a sponge. Coelenterates include all the types of corals, hydra, jelly fish. Worms include ribbon, tape, hook, heart, ascaris, earth worms. Mollusks include clams, mussels, barnacles, oysters, octopi, squid, nudibranchs. Arthropods include crabs, lobsters, scorpions, spiders, insects.
3 examples of mulluscs?
Mollusc's have a hard outer shell . For example a mollusk would be a snail and there's even more .Here are examples of a mollusks snail , slugs , clams , oysters , squids and octopus . And also not all mollusks have an hard outer shell for example it would be a slug or a squid they both don't have a hard outer shell . This group is a part of the invertebrate theme.
What are two names of shellfish?
Shellfish is a term used to describe any aquatic invertebrate with an exoskeleton that is used for food. It includes some mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms such as shrimp, crabs, lobster, clams, and oysters.
Is a giant clam vertebrate or invertebrate?
Mollusks are all invertebrates because they have no internal skeleton with a backbone. Their shells are outside of their body.
