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Ch. 26-28 Aquatic Invertebrates

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C. Phylum Mollusca<br />

• Name origin: Latin word “molluscus”, meaning soft<br />

• Mollusks are soft-bodied animals that usually have an internal or<br />

external shell.<br />

• They are coelomates–they have a true body cavity (coelom)<br />

• Bilateral symmetry<br />

• A few mollusks are hermaphrodites – they have both male and<br />

female gonads. Usually, they do not fertilize themselves.<br />

• Gastropods, cephalopods, and bivalves all belong to the phylum<br />

mollusca.

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