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Snails are called snails becuase, in 1912 a person named S. Ingerney found one. He recalled that it looked like a giant nail. He named the species nail. After a while, he got a black lung disese and died. A person interested in the species "nail" looked in Dr. Ingerney's diary, it said that he wished for the species to be called a more interesting name. So, the person changed the name to snails.
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Is the mantel the outside covering of an arthropod?
No, it's the outside of a mollusc, such as a snail, slug or squid. Arthropods are animals such as insects, crustaceans and arachnids, with a hard exoskeleton as their outside covering.
Which of these has an exoskeleton arthropod worm vertebrate cnidarian?
An arthropod
Is the portuguese man of war an arthropod?
Nope - it's a member of the Jellyfish family, not an arthropod.
What arthropod is sessile?
Barnacles
What advantages might a winged arthropod have over an arthropod without wings?
although an octopus has eight arms or tantacles
Which of these is not an arthropod cockroach snail lobster scorpion?
A snail is a mollusc, as are the octopus and oyster.
What is the house of an arthropod?
The only arthropod I know with a house is a hermit crab - they utilized empty snail shells.
Is snail a arthropods?
No, snails belong to the gastropod class under phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Arthropoda are a different phylum and characterized by joint appendages, like insects and crustaceans.
Is the mantel the outside covering of an arthropod?
No, it's the outside of a mollusc, such as a snail, slug or squid. Arthropods are animals such as insects, crustaceans and arachnids, with a hard exoskeleton as their outside covering.
Are hermet crabs mollusks?
Yes. Although they have hard exoskeletons in the front, the back half is soft much like a snail's body. There have been debates whether this animal is a mollusk or arthropod.
Which of these has an exoskeleton arthropod worm vertebrate cnidarian?
An arthropod
What is arthropod vectors?
Vectors of the arthropod.
What happens to an arthropod's exo skeleton as the arthropod grows up?
As the arthropod grows up, the exoskeleton sheds in order for the arthropod to grow inside of it.
Is a crab a mollusks or a arthropod?
A crab is an arthropod.
Which arthropod has no antenna?
The Blowjob arthropod family
Is a beetle a arthropod?
yes a beetle is an arthropod
Which is more complex arthropod or annelida?
arthropod
