Mollusca Lad Handout 4

Mollusca Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastopodia

Class: Bivalvia

Class: Cephalopoda

Genus: Loligo

Class: Polyplacophora

Class: Scaphopoda

Class: Monoplacophora

Mollusca acronym

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monoplacophora picture

polyplacophora picture

Scaphopoda picture

gastropoda picture

bivalvia picture

Cephalopoda picture

a

anterior (clam)

b

dorsal (clam)

c

posterior (clam)

d

ventral (clam)

e

hinge tooth (clam)

f

umbo

g

labial palps (clam)

h

anterior adductor muscle (clam)

i

posterior adductor muscle (Clam)

J

foot (clam)

k

mantle (clam)

L

heart (clam)

M

gills (clam)

a

ventral surface (loligo)

b

tentacles (loligo)

c

arms (loligo)

d

head (loligo)

e

mantle (loligo)

f

lateral fin (loligo)

g

dorsal surface (loligo)

a

mouth (clam)

b

labial palps (clam)

c

anterior adductor muscle (clam)

d

visceral mass (clam)

e

foot (clam)

f

gills (clam)

g

umbo (clam)

h

hinge tooth (clam)

i

pericardial cavity (clam)

J

posterior adductor muscle (clam)

K

mantle (clam)

a

anterior adductor muscle

b

digestive glands

c

foot

d

posterior adductor muscle

e

gills

f

gonads

a

intestine

b

typhlosole

c

external gill

d

mantle cavity

e

pericardial sinus

f

periostracum

g

internal gill

h

mantle

i

muscle of foot

J

shell

what is this

glochidium larva

a

gills

b

right brachial heart

c

left brachial heart

d

systematic heart

e

pen

f

caecum

g

stomach

h

funnel

i

funnel retractor muscle

a

funnel

b

ink sac

c

nidamental glands

d

ovary with eggs