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Photo credit: MSC. A Classroom Lesson. from the Mathematics & Science Center. Photo credit: NOAA. What is a Mollusk?. Photo credit: NOAA. Mollusks are Animals…. From the Latin: “Mollusca” Soft-bodied Invertebrate 3 body parts: Head, foot, mantle cavity. Photo credit: USGS.
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A Classroom Lesson from the Mathematics & Science Center Photo credit: NOAA
What is a Mollusk? Photo credit: NOAA
Mollusks are Animals… • From the Latin: “Mollusca” • Soft-bodied • Invertebrate • 3 body parts: Head, foot, mantle cavity Photo credit: USGS
Sometimes with Shells Photo credit: USGS
The Mantle • Mantle secretes the shell and pearly lining • Univalve: 1 shell • Bivalve: 2 shells Photo credits: MSC
Mollusks & Movement • Foot • Muscular organ to move, dig, slide… • Radula • Rasping tongue to obtain food or drill holes in other shells Photo credit: USGS
More Mollusk Info. • 2nd largest group of animals 100,000 known species • Most are Marine , but can live in fresh water and on land • Importance to man?
Classification • 7 Classes of Mollusks • 3 Major Classes • Gastropoda • Snails, slugs, limpets • Bivalvia • Clams, oysters, scallops, mussles • Cephalopoda • Octopus, squid, nautilus Photo credit: NOAA
Land Snail Photo credit: NOAA
Aquatic Snails Photo credits: MSC
Slug Photo credit: NOAA
Banana Slug Photo credit: MSC
Nudibranch Photo credit: MSC
More Nudibranchs Photo credits: MSC
Bivalves Photo credit: MSC Photo credit: NOAA
Cephalopods Photo credit: MSC
More Octopi Photo credit: MSC
Squids Photo credit: MSC
The Chambered Nautilus Photo credits: MSC
Mud Snails • Observe the mud snail specimens • Identify the following structures: • Foot • Siphon tube • Tentacles • Eyes • Operculum • Radula Illustration credit: MSC
References • MSC (Mathematics & Science Center Slide Collection) • NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Photo Library • USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) • Golden Guide Seashells of the World Photo credit: USGS