What is meant by mollusca

1.	What is meant by mollusca
Answer» Ya I accept your friendship Shiva... ?✌I hope you would be happy now? Mollusca is a group of invertebrates which has fascinated man from the dawn of civili\xadzation. It is a major group in the animal kingdom as regards the number which occu\xadpies next to arthropods. The members of this group have adapted either on land or in water.Hope it will helpful for you ?✌ Mollusca is a group of invertebrates which has fascinated man from the dawn of civili\xadzation. It is a major group in the animal kingdom as regards the number which occu\xadpies next to arthropods. The members of this group have adapted either on land or in water. \tPhylum Mollusca is the second largest animal phylum.\tThey are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and coelomate animal.\tBody is covered by a calcareous shell and is unsegmented with a distinct head, muscular foot and visceral hump.\tA soft and spongy layer of skin forms a mantle over the visceral hump, the space between the hump and the mantle is called the\xa0mantle cavity\xa0in which feather like gills are present.\tThe anterior head region has sensory tentacles and the mouth contains a file-like rasping organ for feeding, called\tThey are usually dioecious and oviparous with indirect development.Examples-\xa0Pila\xa0(Apple snail),\xa0Pinctada\xa0(Pearl oyster).

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