PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
Organisms in the phylum Mollusca include snails, slugs, octopuses, squids, and oysters, to name a few. They all have a soft body and a muscular foot, which most often is used for movement in some way or another. Using the display specimens and figures, locate the muscular foot of one of the representatives and answer the following questions.
Which mollusks have shells?
Where does the shell come from?
Where do you think organisms like this live?
What type of symmetry do these organisms have?
What type of skeleton do you find in this phylum?
Are these organisms segmented?
What type of digestion system do these organisms have?
What do you think animals in this group eat?