Mollusca
MOLLUSCA
General Characteristics
• They are mostly found in marine and freshwater , very few are terrestrial and found in moist soil.
•They exhibit organ level of organization.
•Their body has a cavity. Bilaterally symmetrical.
•Body is divided into head, visceral mass , muscular foot and mantle.
• Head comprises of tantacles and compound eyes.
•Body is covered by calcareous shell.
•Muscular foot help in locomotion.
•They have a well developed digestive system, the radula is respire through organ for feeding.
• They respire through the general body surface, gills or pulmonary sac.
• The blood circulates through open circulatory system.
•Nervous system consist of number of paired ganglia .
•The sexes are separate in most of the molluscs but some species are hermaphrodite.
•Fertilization may be external or internal.
•Generally oviparous with indirect development.
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