- Mollusca - Wikipedia
Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat, as numerous groups are freshwater and even terrestrial species
- Mollusk | Definition, Characteristics, Shell, Classification, Facts . . .
Mollusk is any soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, usually wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by a soft mantle covering the body
- Mollusk - Definition, List, Examples, Characteristics, and Image
Mollusks or Molluscs are a group of soft-bodied invertebrates distributed across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats They belong to the phylum Mollusca, the second largest after Arthropoda, with around 76,000 extant species worldwide, accounting for around 23% of all marine species
- The mollusca - University of California Museum of Paleontology
Mollusca is one of the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, with at least 50,000 living species (and more likely around 200,000) It includes such familiar organisms as snails, octopuses, squid, clams, scallops, oysters, and chitons
- 14. 4: Phylum Mollusca - Biology LibreTexts
Phylum Mollusca is the predominant phylum in marine environments It is estimated that 23 percent of all known marine species are mollusks; there are over 75,000 described species, making them the second most diverse phylum of animals
- Phylum Mollusca- characteristics, classification, examples
Molluscs (also know as mollusks) are soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical, segmented, coelomate animals; usually shelled having a mantle, ventral foot, anterior head, and a dorsal visceral mass They are essentially aquatic mostly marine, few freshwater and some terrestrial form
- MolluscaBase
MolluscaBase is a taxonomically oriented database that aims to provide an authoritative, permanently updated account of all molluscan species – marine, freshwater, and terrestrial, extant and fossil, and across all classes
- Phylum Mollusca | manoa. hawaii. edu ExploringOurFluidEarth
The phylum Mollusca is the second-largest animal phylum, with over 100,000 species The molluscs include many familiar animals, including clams, snails, slugs, and squid, as well as some less familiar animals, like tusk shells and chitons (Fig 3 51 A)
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