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1
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rasping structure around in the oral cavity of nearly all molluscs. Absent in bivalves.

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radula

2
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different classes of phylum molluscs (5)

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polyplacophora, gastropoda, Scaphopoda, bivalvia, cephalopoda

3
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example of phylum molluscs class polyplacophora

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chitons

4
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example of class phylum molluscs Gastropoda

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snail and slugs

5
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subclasses of Gastropoda

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Prosobranchia, Opisthobranchia, Pulmonata

6
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examples of phylum molluscs class Gastropoda subclass Prosobranchia

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shelled aquatic snails

7
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examples of phylum molluscs class Gastropoda subclass Opisthobranchia

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sea hares and most nudibranchs (slugs)

8
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examples of phylum molluscs class Gastropoda subclass pulmonata

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land snails and slugs

9
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examples of phylum molluscs class Scaphopoda

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tusk/tooth shells

10
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examples of phylum molluscs class bivalvia

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clams, oysters, scallops, etc.

11
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examples of phylum molluscs class Cephalopoda

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octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus

12
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another name for gills

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ctenidia

13
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surrounded on either side of the chiton foot, contains ctenidia

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pallial groove on chiton

14
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largest class of molluscs

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Gastropoda

15
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conspicuous opening of the Gastropoda shell

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aperture

16
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ancestral condition of coiling in gastropods, single plane coiling

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planispiral

17
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gastropoda shell coiling in a spiral in three dimensions, allows for gastropods to achieve larger sizes because weight could be shifted off the snails back and less danger of tipping over

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conispiral

18
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left-handed gastropoda shells

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sinistral

19
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right-handed gastropoda shells

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dextral

20
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predators tend to prefer what kind of shell handedness

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right-handed

21
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this has the function of bringing in water and directing the flow of water over the ctenidia in gastropods

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siphon

22
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what subclass has a hard covering that lies on over the aperture when a snail retracts into the shell and what’s its called

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Prosobranchia

Operculum

23
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beautiful molluscs that swim gracefully

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Opisthobranchia (sea hares and nudibranch)

24
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members of this mollusc class/subclass lost their ctenidia and have a vascular mantle section that acts as a lung.

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Class gastropoda
Subclass Pulmonata
25
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molluscs with elongated, open ended shells that are produced

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Class Scaphopoda

26
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Molluscs that are deposit feeders

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Class Scaphopoda

27
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smallest part of a class bivalvia shell and the oldest

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umbo

28
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umbo is dorsal/ventral?

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Dorsal