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Standard XII
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Classificatio...
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Classification of mollusca with examples
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Classification of Phylum Mollusca
There are six classes of which three are more prominent.
Class 1 Pelecypoda
or Bivalvia
Habitat: mostly marine
They burrow in mud and sand.
Symmetry: bilateral and the body is laterally compressed.
No distinct head
Examples: Mussels, Unio, Mytilus,
Class 2 Gastropoda
Habitat: These are either aquatic or terrestrial
They possess a spiral shell.
The foot is large and flat.
Head is well developed with tentacles and eyes.
Examples: Hilex (Snail), Limax (Slug), Pila (Apple snail)
Class 3 Cephalopoda
Habitat: mostly marine.
They are adapted for swimming.
The foot is modified into eight to ten long tentacles in the head region.
The shell is either external, internal or absent.
Examples: Octopus, Loligo, Sepia, spirula, Nautilus
Class 4 Monoplacophora
Habitat: exclusively marine
Head is present without eyes and tentacles
Gills are external
Excretion: by serially arranged nephridia
Examples:
Class 5 Amphineura
Habitat: mostly marine
Body is elongated
Eye and tentacles are absent
Radula is present
Examples; Chiton, Neomenia
Class 6 Scaphopoda
Habitat: marine
Body is bilateral symmetry elongated and enclosed in tusk shell
Foot is reduced
Excretion: a pair of Kidney
Examples: Cadulus, Dentalium
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