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What is the function of the mollusk mantle?

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What is the function of the mantle of a mollusk?

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.


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.


Where are the mollusk's gills located?

They are located in the mantle cavity.


Where are the mollusk's gills are located?

They are located in the mantle cavity.

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