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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.
Mantle
mantle
Mollusk Mantle
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.
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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.