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What is the usual function of the mantle in a snail or clams?
It allows the snail or clam to make it's own shell.
What is the function of the mantle of a clam?
The mantle of a clam protects the clam from sunlight in shelled mollusks, the mantle is the organ that forms the shell, and adds to the shell to increase its size and strength as the animal grows.
What is the function of the pallial line on a clam?
shows where all the mantle muscles were attached in life
How does a clam mantle function?
The clam mantle is a thin layer of tissue that surrounds the clam's body and secretes the shell material. It plays a crucial role in shell formation, growth, and repair by depositing calcium carbonate. The mantle also helps in respiration and filter-feeding by creating water currents inside the shell.
What type of body cavity is a clam?
A clam has a coelom, which is a fluid-filled body cavity. This cavity provides space for internal organs to develop and function properly.
What animal lives shell?
A clam... so does an oyster.
What is the lining inside a clam called?
greenish in color, mantle, nacre, sofe
What are clam and snail exoskeletons made of?
Calcium Carbonate
What makes the bands on a clam shell?
the mantle
What structure in a clam secretes the shell?
Mantle
Where is the mantle of a clam located?
The mantle of the clam lines the valves, and serves to secrete calcium carbonate in the formation of the clam's shell while protecting the clam's visceral mass.
What are the types of molluks?
Octopus Squid Cuttlefish Snail Clam
