- animals,
whose members are
known as
molluscs or
mollusks (/ˈmɒləsks/).
Around 76,000 extant
species of
molluscs are recognized,
making it the second-largest...
-
Terrestrial molluscs or land
molluscs (mollusks) are an
ecological group that
includes all
molluscs that live on land in
contrast to
freshwater and marine...
- The
columella (meaning "little column") or (in
older texts)
pillar is a
central anatomical feature of a
coiled snail s****, a
gastropod s****. The columella...
- The
molluscs have the
widest variety of eye
morphologies of any phylum, and a
large degree of
variation in
their function.
Cephalopods such as octopus...
-
Septa (singular septum) are thin
walls or
partitions between the
internal chambers (camerae) of the s**** of a cephalopod,
namely nautiloids or ammonoids...
-
Freshwater molluscs are
those members of the
phylum Mollusca which live in
freshwater habitats, both
lotic (flowing water) such as rivers, streams, canals...
- PMID 16355206. Mapes, R. H.; Nützel,
Alexander (2009). "Late
Palaeozoic mollusc reproduction:
cephalopod egg-laying
behavior and
gastropod larval palaeobiology"...
- The
mollusc (or mollusk) s**** is
typically a
calcareous exoskeleton which encloses,
supports and
protects the soft
parts of an
animal in the
phylum Mollusca...
- robe or cloak,
adjective pallial) is a
significant part of the
anatomy of
molluscs: it is the
dorsal body wall
which covers the
visceral m**** and usually...
- been described, of
which around 1.05
million are insects, over 85,000 are
molluscs, and
around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been
estimated there are as...
