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What does the mantle secrete?
The mantle of a mollusk secretes calcium carbonate to form the shell.
Thin layer of tissue that secretes a mollusk's shell?
The mantle (the inner portion of the mantle to be exact).
What is the external skeleton called on a mollusk?
Mollusks do not have an external skeleton; instead, they have a hard, protective shell made primarily of calcium carbonate. This shell serves as a form of defense and support. In some mollusk species, such as octopuses and squids, the shell is reduced or absent, but the mantle tissue still secretes the shell material when present.
Is a cobra an mollusk?
A mollusk is a sea creature that lives within a shell. A cobra does not live in a shell.
What is the name of A clam or oyster whose body is inside a two part shell?
This is a bivalve mollusk.
What are pearls shell eggs called?
Pearls are not formed in eggshells, rather they are created inside the shells of certain mollusks like oysters and mussels. When an irritant enters the shell, the mollusk secretes layers of nacre around it, eventually forming a pearl.
What is the function of mollusk hard outer shell?
the function of the its shell is to protect the mollusk's very vulnerable and sensitive organs.
What do Mollusk use for protection?
THey use a shell
What mollusk has no shell?
Every mollusk except slugs, which have evolved to not need a shell, has a shell. Snails, clams and other bivalves have an external shell. Octopi, squid and cuttlefish have an internal shell.
Is there a scientific name for a mollusk shell?
no
What is the shell opening of a mollusk?
jellyfish
What is a land mollusk with no shell?
slug
