Life Cycle & Reproduction
Most mollusks are of separate what
What is sexes
The term given to identify all mollusks
What is an invertabrate
Clams can get up to this big when looking at the giant clam specieces
What is 1.2 meters or 4 feet
This is the only place that octopuses live and can be found
What is saltwater
Oyster are able to filter this
What are pollutents
The average lifespan of mollusks
What is 2 to 41 years
Mollusk live in these types of habitats
What is aquatic or damp
Which mollusk has a large number of small eyes that are arranged all along their mantles
What is a scallop
The reason that squid change colors
What is camouflage
They are considered this because they provide habitats, food, and are overall really important to the environment
What is a keystone species
In order to reproduce, sometimes some specieces release eggs and sperm here
What is the water
The type of body that a mollusk has
What is unsegmented
What is Bivalvia
The lifespan of an octopuse
What is 3 to 5 years
The thing that grows with the snail as they get older and bigger
What is their shell
Some species have both male and female what
what is reproductive organs
Are usually wholly or partly enclosed in a this type of shell
What is calcium shell
The type of feeders these two are while also cleaning the water
What is filter feeder
When talking about the diets of both a squid and an octopus, they are both considered what
What is carnivores
The name given to oysters when there is a group of them that are gathered in one spot?
What is an oyster bed of reef
The name for a mollusk´s reproductive organs
What are gonads
You can divide a mollusk into three main parts, a head, a visceral mass, and a what
What is a ventral foot.
Clams love living in sand or mud and are what type of marine mollusk
What is a burrowing marine mollusk
Both the octopuse and squid release this as an escape mechanism
What is ink
The speed at wich a snail moves per second
What is 0.5-0.8 inches