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Mollusca

Triploblastic Protostomes Mantle: may or may not make a shell Mantle respires (gills or lung). Radula: diagnostic rasp when there Open circulation in most classes

Cladogram of the Mollusca

Mantle, Foot, Visceral mass


Chitons Octopi, squids

Snails, slugs

Clams, oysters, mussels

The Mollusks
Mostly marine Few in fresh water Fewer on land

Phylum Mollusca
Class Aplacophora Class Monoplacophora Class Polyplacophora Class Gastropoda Class Scaphopoda Class Cephalopoda Class Bivalvia (Pelycepoda)

Monoplacophora

Segmental gills: annelid kinship?

Bivalvia

No radula Filter-feeders Sinkers of ships

Geoduck

gooey duck? good digger

Fig. 12.16c

Filter-Feeding

Wheel Anticipated
Spinning style rubs against gastric shield. Log-rolling cilia precedes lathe design. Enzyme crystals

Bivalve Digestion

Diverticular Digestive Gland Not like yours at all

Clam Anat

Parasitic Clam Larvae

Ostra
Ostra: (Greek for oyster, shell, shard) Ostra: Banning ballot (no jail time) Ostracize: banishment decided by writing name of evil-doers on shards of pottery and depositing them in a ballot box.

Gastropods
Slugs, snails, limpets, abalone and periwinkles, ugly, plain & beautiful Herbivores Carnivores Scavengers

Snails, conchs, limpets


One shell +/- an operculum Mantle and shell spiral outward Nacre, prismatic layer, periostracum

Radula

Rad, man! Texas Radula Massacre

Terrestrial Pulmonate

Snail Anatomy

Class Cephalopoda
Closed Circulatory System 3 hearts (2 branchial, 1 systemic) Tentacles, most with suckers Chromatophores Stinging radula & beak (parrot-like) Drama queens & masters of disguise

Squid Anat

Three hearts How many you?

Eyeball
Retinas done right? And yours?

Blue-Ringed Octopus
Small Bright Lethal

Chambered Nautilus

Siphonoglyph

Gas-secreting organ Adjusts buoyancy Saves swimming effort

Coiling
Nautilus coiling is conned to one plane. Snail coiling skews toward one side. The shell ops to one side. Organs on that side are compressed even reduced.

Torsion

Repositions anus

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