Mollusks
Vocabulary
Bivalves & Gastropods
Clam Body Parts
Clam Body Parts
100
The three classes of mollusks learned about
Bivalve, gastropods, cephalopods
100
A rough tongue-like structure lined with “teeth,” used for feeding
Radula
100
Class of mollusk which means “stomach-foot”
Gastropod
100
1 points to
Intestine
100
6 points to
Mouth
200
Mollusk class that does not have a radula
Bivalves
200
Pigment filled cells located in the outer layer of the mantle of some mollusks that allow the animal to change color
Chromatophores
200
Structure which enables a bivalve to filter feed
Siphons
200
2 points
Mantle
200
4 points
Gills
300
Name the kingdom, phylum and class of a clam
Animalia, Mollusca, bivalve
300
Term which means ‘non-moving”
Sessile
300
Structure which enables bivalves to open and close their shell
Adductor muscles
300
5 points to
Hinge
300
2 and 5 points to
Foot
400
Name four characteristics of mollusks
soft-bodies, bilateral symmetry, invertebrates, mantel, visceral mass, internal or external shell (some), radula (not bivalves)
400
Region in a clam’s body that contains the internal organs
Visceral mass
400
Oldest part of a shell in a bivalve
Umbo
400
10 points to
Gills
400
1 points to
Operculum
500
Structure which secretes the shell in most mollusks
Mantle
500
Structure which enable an oyster and muscle to attach to its substrate
Byssal Threads
500
Structure which seals the opening to a gastropod shell
Operculum
500
6 points to
Heart
500
9 points to
Mantle cavity