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    The document describes two mollusk classes: Gastropoda and Bivalvia. Gastropoda includes the species Rumina decollata, commonly known as a snail, which has a spiral shell that protects its soft body and uses mucus and a muscular foot to crawl. Bivalvia includes the species Corbicula fluminea, commonly known as a clam, which has two equal shells closed by adductor muscles and uses its muscular foot to burrow beneath the surface.

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    The document describes two mollusk classes: Gastropoda and Bivalvia. Gastropoda includes the species Rumina decollata, commonly known as a snail, which has a spiral shell that protects its soft body and uses mucus and a muscular foot to crawl. Bivalvia includes the species Corbicula fluminea, commonly known as a clam, which has two equal shells closed by adductor muscles and uses its muscular foot to burrow beneath the surface.

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    Phylum Mollusca Labelled Diagram

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    The document describes two mollusk classes: Gastropoda and Bivalvia. Gastropoda includes the species Rumina decollata, commonly known as a snail, which has a spiral shell that protects its soft body and uses mucus and a muscular foot to crawl. Bivalvia includes the species Corbicula fluminea, commonly known as a clam, which has two equal shells closed by adductor muscles and uses its muscular foot to burrow beneath the surface.

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    PHYLUM MOLLUSCA

    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Stylommatophora
    Family: Subulinidae
    Genus: Rumina
    Species: Rumina decollata
    Main Features:
    The main feature of snails is their
    spiral shell that they load on the back.
    It is a hard structure composed of
    calcium carbonate, which protects
    their soft body and internal organs.
    They have a strong muscular foot;
    they use mucus to enable them to
    crawl over rough surfaces and to
    keep their soft bodies from drying
    out.

    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Veneroida
    Family: Corbiculidae
    Genus: Corbicula
    Species: Corbicula fluminea
    Main Features:
    Clams are bivalves with equal shells
    closed by two adductor muscles
    situated at opposite ends of the shell,
    and with a powerful, muscular,
    burrowing
    foot. Clams characteristically lie
    buried from just beneath the surface
    to depths of about 0.6 metre (2 feet).

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