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The function of a mantle on a mollusk is the same as the respiratory system in mammals. It is also part of the feeding structure in bivalves.
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What is the function of the mollusk mantle?
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What covers the majority of a mollusk?
Mantle
What are the shells of a mollusk called?
mantle
What is a blank draft?
Mollusk Mantle
What does the mantle do for the mollusks?
The mantle of the mollusk helps it protect its delecate skull and grows and shrinks when detectiong danger. The mantle also grows when sexually urged by female mollusks and the mollusk with the largest mantle wins over its mate.
What part of a mollusk secretes the shell?
mantle
Does the mantle produce the body of a mollusk?
yes
Thin layer of tissue that secretes a mollusk's shell?
The mantle (the inner portion of the mantle to be exact).
The what of a mollusk such as a clam is secreted by the mantle. the answer is 5 letters long.?
The shell is secreted by the mantle.
What does the mantle secrete?
The mantle of a mollusk secretes calcium carbonate to form the shell.
What houses a mollusk's respiratory structures?
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.
Where are the mollusk's gills located?
They are located in the mantle cavity.
