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Shells consisting of one valve only; also mollusks whose shells are composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.

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What ocean do univalves live in?

Univalves, otherwise known as gastropods, live in most all oceans. A sea mollusk is a good example of a univalve.


What do you call mollusks that have a single shell?

Univalves


What class do the edible univalves belong?

The edible univalves belong to the class Gastropoda. This class includes snails, slugs, and whelks, which are all mollusks with a single shell.


What is the form of locomotion of univalve?

Univalves typically move by using a muscular foot to glide over surfaces, leaving a mucous trail behind. Some univalves may also use their foot to burrow into sediment or attach themselves to a hard surface.


How do univalves reproduce?

Univalves, or gastropods, typically reproduce sexually, with most species having distinct male and female individuals. During mating, the male transfers sperm to the female, which can store it for later fertilization of eggs. Some univalves are also capable of asexual reproduction through processes like parthenogenesis, where females produce eggs that develop without fertilization. After fertilization, the eggs are usually laid in protective capsules or masses, depending on the species.


Is the mollusk a bivalve univalve or cephalopods?

Bivalves, univalves, and cephalopods are all types of mollusks. So are gastropods.


What is difference between bivalves and univalves?

Valve refers to a shell, so a bivalve possesses two shells, which are usually hinged together and more or less cover the animal (Class Bivalvia), while univalves have only one shell, and typically leave the muscular foot exposed, unless the animal is capable of withdrawing into its shell (Class Gastropoda).


What is belonged to gastropods univalves bivalves eephalopods?

Gastropods: snails. Gastro means something like 'stomach' or 'belly' and 'pod' means 'foot'. Cephalopods: octopusi. Cephalo means something like 'head'. Bivalves are molluscs with two clasping shells like a clam and univalves have only one.


How do univalves feed?

There is no such animal as a "univalve", however "bivalves" are filter feeders and filter seawater through their gills to pick up trace amounts of food.


What animals are bivalves?

Some examples of univalves are snails and slugs.


What are gastropod's?

The class Gastropoda or gastropods (also previously known as univalves and sometimes also spelled Gasteropoda) are members of the phylum Mollusca and are more commonly known as "snails and slugs".


What mollusk has no shell?

Every mollusk except slugs, which have evolved to not need a shell, has a shell. Snails, clams and other bivalves have an external shell. Octopi, squid and cuttlefish have an internal shell.