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Phylum Mollusca: Class Gastropoda
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/29/2009

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Life?
Definition
snails/slugs.
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Body?
Definition
dorsal visceral mass coiled above foot; head with sensory tentacles; coiled shell w/columella; operculum seals aperture of shell
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Torsion?
Definition
happens as veligers; 180 degree counter clockwise rotation of visceral mass; not coiling of visceral mass
Term
Why Torsion? Advantages:
Definition
fresh water into mantle cavity w/movement; keep stirred up water out of cavity; easier to bring head into shell
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Why Torsion? Disadvantages:
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anus near mouth, gills, and sensory(fouling of gills and osphiradia); unidirectional water flow: dorsal opening in shell, loss of ctenidium on right side; secondary detorsion 90 degrees: mantle cavity on right side
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Movement?
Definition
Well developed foot; produces mucus(helps move w/o damaging foot);ciliary actionj, pedal waves
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