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The word mollusca comes from the Latin word mollis meaning "soft". This word in turn came from the term Aristotle used for cuttlefish, Molluscus, which means "the soft things".

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What is the mollusca latin meaning?

The word mollusca comes from the Latin word mollis meaning "soft". This word in turn came from the term Aristotle used for cuttlefish, Molluscus, which means "the soft things".


How do you say mollusks in Latin?

mollusk=mollusca


What is the meaning of mollusca?

mollusca is snails/clams ect. means stomach foot


What does Mollusca mean in Latin?

Mollusk comes from the Latin adjective mollis which means "soft"


Does the word mollusk come from a latin word meaning two-shelled?

No. The word mollusca refers to a soft bodied organism and all mollusks are soft bodied. But not all molluscks have 2 shells: for example, abalones.


What is the phylum for oyster?

The phylum for oysters is Mollusca.


What is the latin meaning of cirrus?

A tendril or clasper., A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri., The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta., The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca., See under Cloud.


What phylum is a clam?

There in the phylum Mollusca


What is the most active mollusca?

Phylum Mollusca


What subphylum are Mollusca in?

Mollusca is a phylum, not a subphylum.


What is the latin meaning of Virgo?

The Latin meaning of virgo is virgin.


What is the latin meaning of phylum and class?

The Latin meaning of "phylum" is "race" or "tribe." The Latin meaning of "class" is "division" or "rank."