Molluscs (Mollusca)

B1 38 – 42
B2 11 - 15
 Gastropods - Species
great pond snail
(vodniak vysoký, Lymnaea
stagnalis)

great ramshorn (kotúľka

veľká Planorbarius
corneus)

both live in still water but they do not breathe

by means of gills but they use pulmonary sacs
(thery are air-breathing)
river snail (močiarka živorodá,
Viviparus viviparus)
• it uses gills for breathing
• it has an operculum (viečko),
which can be closed when
necessary
• its eggs develop within its body,
it gives birth to viable young

Galba truncatula (vodniak malý)

• it is the intermediate host of the
common liver fluke (a parasite of
sheep)
Carpathian blue slug (Bielzia coerulans, slizniak karpatský)
• it does not have a shell
• it secrets a huge amount of slime in order not to
become withered
 Gastropods - Marine species
• they have decorative shells,
• cowries (family Cypreidae, porcelánovce)
• they have smooth shiny shells,
• in the past they were used as currency,
• nowadays they are used in jewellery manufacture
• cone shells (family Conidae, homôlky)
• they are venomous
• poisoning can also be caused by consumption of
venomous species
• order nudibranchs (Nudibranchia, nahožiabrovce)
• they do not have a shell,
• their foot is coloured in accordance with the food they
consume
 Bivalves – freshwater species
• freshwater pearl mussel
(perlorodka riečna,
Margaritifera margaritifera)
• it produces nacre (mother-of-pearl,
perleť) – the result is a pearl of pinkish
colour, - it is a defence mechanism
against an irritant
• it is a Bohemian species,
• it is on the verge of extinction due to
water pollution
 swan mussel, škľabka veľká
(Anodonta cygnea)

painters mussel, korýtko rybničné

(Unio pictorum)

• both species live on the bottom of slowly flowing or still water

zebra mussel, kopýtko prirastené (Dreissena polymorpha)
• it was originally a marine species
• it got to Europe attached to floating wood (ships?)
 Bivalves - Marine species
• they live buried on the sea bed,
• they have byssus (byssal) glands which produce byssal
threads, which enable them to become attached to the
substratum
• they are filter-feeders

• blue mussel (Mytilus edulis, slávka jedlá),

• European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis, ustrica jedlá)
• both are delicious also for humans
• pearl oysters (genus Pinctada, perlorodky)
• they produce nacre
• if a foreing substance slips into the oyster, the pearl
starts to be formed by an increased production of
nacre
• scallops (Pectinidae, hrebenatky)
• they can move rapidly by clapping the shell valves
together
• (((giant clam (Tridacna gigas, rozzeva obrovská)
• it is the biggest and haviest of all bivalves,
• it lives in symbiosis with unicellular algae, )))
Cephalopods - species

• chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius, lodienka

hlbinná)
• it is known as a living fossil,
• its spiral shell is divided into chamberes filled with
gases
• Octopuses (octopods)
• they are ranked among the most intelligent
invertebrates,
• they have well developed memory and are capable of
learning
 Sources
• http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/images/gastropoda_sml.gif
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radula_diagram3.png
• http://www.senckenberg.de/images/content/forschung/abteilung/aquazool/m
ala/chiton_olivaceus_slg_cosel.jpg
• http://technogran1.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/156324947_7516475c5e_t
humb.jpg?w=600&h=447
• http://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lymnaea-stagnalis.j
pg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Planorbarius_co
rneus_001.JPG/1280px-Planorbarius_corneus_001.JPG
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Viviparus_viviparus_M
oerasslak.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galba_truncatula_shell.png
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bielzia_coerulans_Ate
mloch.JPG