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Why is a crab is called mollusc?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Crab is not at all a mollusc. It belongs to Crustacea under the phylum Arthropoda. Crustaceans are mostly aquatic mandibulate arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous and chitinous exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae.

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