Snails, oysters, mussels, clams, squids belong to the phylum___________.

Mollusca

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Echinodermata

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Chordata

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Solution

The correct option is A Mollusca
The mollusks compose the large phylum of invertebrate. They include snails, slugs and other gastropods; clams and other bivalves; squids and other Cephalopoda such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses because they possess key characteristics of Mollusca i.e., soft unsegmented body covered with hard calcareous shell.

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