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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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