The mantle excretes the calcium carbonate to make the shell of the animal...
(Among other things...)
By the way chap, lungs don't extract oxygen from water...
Mantle
mantle
Mollusk Mantle
mantle
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The mantle (the inner portion of the mantle to be exact).
The shell is secreted by the mantle.
The mantle of a mollusk secretes calcium carbonate to form the shell.
They are located in the mantle cavity.
They are located in the mantle cavity.
A mollusk respires through structures called ctenidia (gills), which are housed in the mantle cavity of most mollusks. The mantle cavity is a space between the mollusk's main body and its mantle, an organ with numerous important functions, including shell creation and osmoregulation.
visceral mass