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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 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 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 is the lining inside a clam called?
greenish in color, mantle, nacre, sofe
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.
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.
Where is the mantle located in the clam?
The mantle in a clam is a thin layer of tissue that surrounds the body and lines the inside of the shell. It is located between the body and the shell of the clam and plays a role in secreting the calcium carbonate that forms the shell.
What is the function of the tooth-like projections at the dorsal edge of the clam's valves?
to allow the clam to filter feed
What is the function of the two adductor muscles in the clam?
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