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Bookmark or Share- Mollusca - WikipediaMolluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat, as numerous groups are freshwater and even terrestrial species.
- Mollusk - Definition, List, Examples, Characteristics, and ImageMollusks or Molluscs are a group of soft-bodied invertebrates distributed across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They belong to the phylum Mollusca, the second largest after Arthropoda, with around 76,000 extant species worldwide, accounting for around 23% of all marine species.
- List of mollusks | Gastropods, Bivalves, Cephalopods | BritannicaMollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates of the phylum Mollusca, usually wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by a soft mantle covering the body. Along with the insects and vertebrates, mollusks are one of the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, with nearly 100,000
- A List Of Mollusks - SciencingMollusks (or molluscs) include between 50,000 and 200,000 species of animals. The predominent types of molluscs include gastropods such as snails and slugs, bivalve mulluscs such as clams and oysters, and cephaopods such as octopi and squids. Monoplacophora and others may or may not be molluscs.
- mollusk - Encyclopedia Britannicamollusk, any soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, usually wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by a soft mantle covering the body. Along with the insects and vertebrates, it is one of the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, with nearly 100,000 (possibly as many as 150,000) described species.
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