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Though the modern molluscs show quite a wide degree of adaptable variability in form, there are several basic anatomical characteristics that can be found in all or most of them. The body is divided into two functional regions, the head-foot and the visceral lump.
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www.earthlife.net/inverts/mollusca.html
www.earthlife.net/inverts/mollusca.html
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Mollusca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca . There are around 93,000 recognized extant species, making it the largest marine phylum with about 23% of all named marine organisms. Represen...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusca
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Molluscs are animals which have no backbone (invertebrates) and no exoskeleton. These include snails (they have an outer shell but it isn't an exoskeleton) slugs (no shell, no exoskeleton, no bones) octopuses (they have no bones. They aren'...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_characteristics_...
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All mollusks possess some or all of the following characteristics: ... Although not all mollusks share all these characteristics, generally all mollusks have at least some of them ... The Living World of Molluscs - another very good intro, a bit more detailed...
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www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Molluscs/Mollusca.htm
www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Molluscs/Mollusca.htm
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Care Sheet for Molluscs ... Molluscs Forums and Discussion ... More Molluscs Care Sheets...
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www.repticzone.com/caresheets/364.html
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Molluscs Forums and Discussion ... More Molluscs Care Sheets ... Care Sheet for Molluscs...
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www.repticzone.com/caresheets/942.html
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Molluscs, Mollusc, Mollusks or Mollusk! Snail Education! ... ; The Resource Site for Students, Educators, and anyone wanting to learn more about the fascinating world of, MOLLUSCS; ... The words "mollusc" or "mollusk" (are both correct) Derived from the Latin word mollis meaning "soft" Study of molluscs, "malacology",
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www.manandmollusc.net/
www.manandmollusc.net/
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Molluscs include all the shelled creatures of the seashore, with the exception of the barnacles. Molluscs are abundant in the region between high and low tide and are a major feature of all rocky ocean shores. Molluscs form one of the largest groups in the animal kingdom, with more than 80,000 known species.
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www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/molluscs.html
www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/molluscs.html
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They make up over three-fourths of all currently known living and fossil organisms. ... They have a stiff cuticle made mostly of chitin and proteins. ... Arthropods have segmented bodies and show various patterns of segment fusion to form integrated units including the head, thorax, and abdomen.
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students.ncwc.edu/bio101/invertebrates/arthropod.htm
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