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WARM UP 1.List seven characteristics of roundworms.

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1 WARM UP 1.List seven characteristics of roundworms.

2 Mollusks Notes Phylum Mollusca

3 General Characteristics Live in a variety of habitats Extreme diversity – About 100,000 species – Six classes

4 Structure Mantle protects the soft body and secretes the shell Gills for gas exchange Visceral mass contains the organs Muscular foot used for movement Open circulatory system – Structures are bathed in blood

5 Class Gastropoda “Belly foot” The largest class of mollusks – Snails, slugs, etc. Use a tongue-like radula to scrape and tear food

6 Class Bivalvia Pelecypoda = “hatchet foot” – Use foot for burrowing Clams, oysters, scallops Two part hinged shell – Muscle to open and close Filter feeders – Use gills – No distinct head or radula

7 Class Cephalopoda – “Head foot” – Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish – Adapted for active predation Well-developed head, eyes, and nervous system Foot is modified into tentacles Can move quickly by jet propulsion – High oxygen demand – Closed circulatory system Radula and jaws

8 WRAP UP Place each of the pictures into the correct Class of Phylum Mollusca. Choices are Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda


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