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  • Adaptive Radiation of Molluscs

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    The document describes the key characteristics of mollusc classes including their shell, head, mantle, gills, foot, radula, and larval forms. It finds that classes like Monoplacophora have a single dorsal shell while Bivalvia have two hinged valves. Gastropoda mostly have a single coiled shell and a well-developed head and foot, using their radula as a grater. In contrast, Cephalopoda have a reduced or absent shell and use tentacles and a beak instead of a radula to feed.

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    A useful knowledge about mollusks

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    The document describes the key characteristics of mollusc classes including their shell, head, mantle, gills, foot, radula, and larval forms. It finds that classes like Monoplacophora have a single dorsal shell while Bivalvia have two hinged valves. Gastropoda mostly have a single coiled shell and a well-developed head and foot, using their radula as a grater. In contrast, Cephalopoda have a reduced or absent shell and use tentacles and a beak instead of a radula to feed.

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    Adaptive Radiation of Molluscs

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    ali zahoor
    The document describes the key characteristics of mollusc classes including their shell, head, mantle, gills, foot, radula, and larval forms. It finds that classes like Monoplacophora have a single dorsal shell while Bivalvia have two hinged valves. Gastropoda mostly have a single coiled shell and a well-developed head and foot, using their radula as a grater. In contrast, Cephalopoda have a reduced or absent shell and use tentacles and a beak instead of a radula to feed.

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    Adaptive Radiation in Molluscs

    Class: Monoplacophora
    shell: forms a single dorsal conical shell
    head: reduced
    mantle: covers undersurface of shell
    gills: 5 or 6 pairs
    foot: broad flat ventral, for creeping
    radula: present
    larva:

    Classes: Caudofoveata & Solanogastres (formerly Cl. Aplacophora)


    shell: none, but with calcareous scales and spicules in mantle
    head: reduced
    mantle: encloses animal
    gills: absent, or present in cloaca
    foot: reduced to small ridge within ventral groove
    radula: present in some, for piercing
    larva: trochophore

    Class: Polyplacophora (Chitons)


    shell: modified into eight overlappingdorsal plates
    head: present
    mantle: greatly enlarged, modified into "girdle" around base of shells
    gills: present
    foot: broad flat ventral, for gliding movement
    radula: present
    larva: trochophore

    Class: Scaphapoda (Tusk Shells or Tooth Shells)


    shell: anteroposteriorly elongated into tapering
    tusk-like tube open at both ends
    head: reduced to short proboscis
    mantle: lines inside of shell, used for respiration instead of gills
    gills: none; oxygen diffuses across mantle
    foot: conical, elongated ventrally and used for burrowing
    radula: present
    larva: trochophore & veliger
    Class: Bivalvia (Clams)
    shell: two lateral, usually symmetrical, hinged valves
    head: absent
    mantle: lines inside of both shells; forms siphons for water flow
    gills: most with pair of large gills; also used for feeding and as
    marsupium
    foot: ventral, wedge-shaped, very muscular, used for burrowing
    radula: absent
    larva: marine forms with trochophore & veliger; fw - glochidia

    Class: Gastropoda (Snails)


    shell: most with single shell often coiled spirally
    head: present and well developed
    mantle: lines inside of shell; in pulmonates forms lunglike sac
    gills: some with single gill; terrestrial forms without
    foot: ventral, very large, used for gliding movement
    radula: highly developed as grater, rasp, brush or comb
    larva: marine forms with trochophore & veliger

    Class: Cephalopoda
    shell: most reduced to internal pen or absent
    mantle: forms external protective covering over visceral mass
    gills: 2 to 4 present within mantle cavity
    foot: modified to form siphon and tentacles
    radula: present, takes in food cut with beak
    larva: none

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