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Phylum Mollusca
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/29/2009

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Body?
Definition
soft and unsegmented. anterior head, ventral foot, dorsal visceral mass, mantle secretes shell of CaCO3 in organic matrix
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Body Layers?
Definition
-->Periostracum(organic)___outer___
......................prismatic layer CaCO3
-->Nacreous layer_____Inner_______
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Mantle?
Definition
mantle cavity: infolding of mantle; houses ctenidia (gills)
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Coelomate?
Definition
coelom=pericardium
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Digestive system?
Definition
complete; often coiled or U-shaped; mouth encloses buccal mass(radula, adontophore, musculature);stomach(contains crystelline style);digestive gland(diverticulum);inestine->rectum->anus opens into mantle cavity
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Circulatory system?
Definition
open (except in cephalopods)
blood->aorta->hemocoel->veins->gills->heart->begin
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Gas exchange?
Definition
gills; mantle cavity; epidermis
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Excretion?
Definition
wastes->pericardium->metanephridia(funnel shaped, nephrostome, nephridopore) -> mantle cavity
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Nervous System?
Definition
Nerve ring(longitudinal nerve cords(pairs));cephalopods:complex brain
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Sensory receptors?
Definition
eyespots/eyes(photo receptors); chemo receptors(osphradia); stacysts(balance); mechano receptors
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Reproduction?
Definition
usually gonochorisitc; some hermaphroditic(simultaneous sequential-Protandrous(first males, then turn into females)(slipper shells). Fert. external or internal w/copulation
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Development?
Definition
indirect w/ free swimming larvae:
fert egg->embryo->trochophore larva(planktotrophic)->Veliger larva (planktotropic);;;in FW bivales: glochidium; direct/mixed devol.
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