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| Snails, slugs,clams, oysters. they have bilateral symmetry |
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| gastro=stomach, pod=foot Snails and slugs |
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| two shells-clams, scallops, oysters, mussels. They have a foot to use to bury themselves in sediment |
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| When a bivalve is irritated by a grain of sand and secretes a shell like material around it. |
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| a bivalve that is a valuable food source that grows on each other to form trees. Apalachicola Bay is a major source which is fed by the Chattahoochee River |
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| "head footed" Nautilus, squid, octopus. The foot in this group has evolved into tentacles with suckers |
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| Segmented worms. Body plan is a tube within a tube with two openings. |
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| Class Oligochaetes. swollow soil where it is groud by the gizzard into particles for digestion. when the worm passes the soil out of its body it releases nutrients back into the soil. |
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| hair like structures on the side of the earthworm that help anchor it in the soil |
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| bristle worms- mostly found in marine environments. they are mostly predators with well developed sense organs and eyes. Some are filter feeders. |
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| Leaches - parasites found mostly in fresh water that suck the blood of hosts. It has a chemical that keeps the blood of the host from clotting. |
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