Mollusca

Phylum

Adhil XI-B
 Mollusca
• Mollusca are terrestrial or aquatic (marine or fresh
water) having an organ-system level of
organization
• Mollusca is the second largest phylum in kingdom
Animalia with more than 72,000 species
registered
• Their body is covered with an unsegmented
calcareous shell. They possess a distinct head,
muscular foot and visceral hump.
 General Features
• Bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and coelomate animals.
• Their body is covered with an unsegmented calcareous shell. They possess a
distinct head, muscular foot and visceral hump.
• Possess specialized respiratory and excretory organs
• Anterior head region possess sensory tentacles
• Examples - Pila, Pinctada, Sepia, Loligo, Octopus, Aplysia, Dentalium and
chaetopleura
Pila
Commonly known as apple snail

Apple snails are found in various

colours. They are typically
globose in shape and are brown or
lemon-yellow in colour.
 Pinctada
Commonly known as pearl oysters

Pearl oysters have a large

shell, with the two valves
almost equal. They are
mostly circular but
asymmetrical.
Sepia
Commonly known as cuttlefish

• Sepia are a relatively broad and

somewhat flattened cephalopod,
appearing oval-like in cross section
Loligo
Commonly known as squids

• Squids possess an elongated soft

body, large eyes, eight arms, and
two tentacles
Octopus
Commonly known as devil fish

octopus has a saccular body: the

head is only slightly demarcated
from the body and has large
complex eyes and eight contractile
arms
Aplysia
Commonly known as seas hare

• Aplysia are - marine gastropod

that lack a shell. They have a
reduced internal shell embedded
in the mantle and possess a pair
of lateral winglike extensions on
the foot
Dentalium
Commonly known as Tusk Shell

Dentalium is a large genus of

tooth shells or tusk shells, marine
scaphopod
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