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Mollusk Features Complete digestive system Bilateral symmetry Move on muscular foot 3 part body plan –A) Radula tongue-like organ to scrape food –B)

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3 Mollusk Features Complete digestive system Bilateral symmetry Move on muscular foot 3 part body plan –A) Radula tongue-like organ to scrape food –B) Mantle Covers internal organs secretes shell –C) Ctenidia Gills to extract oxygen

4 Mollusk Features Have organ systems Usually separate male/female sexes –Methods vary –Snail “love- darts” Shells –made of protein and calcium –Some internal

5 Gastropods: slugs, snails “Stomach Foot” Mostly marine Most single shell Foot secretes slime to move Feeding: –Herbivores: scrape food with radula –Predators: poisonous dart to swallow prey whole

6 Cone snail eats fish

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8 Bivalves: clams Most marine Shell secreted by mantle No distinct head region or radula –Filter feeders Sperm & egg released into water –Larvae free swimming

9 Cephalopods: squid, octopus “Head foot” –L–Large head attached to tentacles Complex nervous system & brain Expel water through siphon to move –J–Jet propulsion Active predators

10 The Cuttlefish

11 The Cuttlefish in Action


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