Definitions
Mollusca
Soft body with muscular "foot"
One example/species of Mollusca
Clam, Octopus, Snail, Squid, Slug, Mussel.... etc
Largest marine phylum
Mollusca
Invertebrate
Animal with no backbone.
Do all mollusca have shells?
Not all mollusca have shells, ex: octopus, slug
Size range of mollusca
0.4 millimeters to 7 meters.
Bivalvia
Shell with two hinged parts
How many categories of mollusca are there?
7
General shared characteristic of mollusca
Invertebrae, soft body
Gastropod
Snails, slugs. lack shells
What type of mollusca is an octopus?
Cephlopoda
Do mollusca use lungs or gills to breathe?
Both
ex: octopus use gills
ex: land snails use lungs
Cephlapoda
Have beak like jaws surrounded by tentacles.
Name three classifications of mollusca
Bivalvia, Gastrophoda , Cephalopoda,
Are mollusca carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
All three