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Types of Mollusks
1. Write the correct class by each type of mollusk --- Gastropoda, Bivavlvia, Cephalopoda.
2. Label each of the following organisms with its correct name.
· Garden snail
· Chambered nautilus
· Scallop
· Clam (Quahog)
· Octopus
· Abalone (large seashell)
· Marine snail
· Squid
· Mussel
· Oyster
3. Color code the following structures on the mollusks.
· squid mantle and fins (green)
· all heads with eyes (yellow)
· antenna (red)
· tentacles (orange)
· muscular foot on snails & clam (pink)
· nautilus shell (tan)
· scallop shell (light green)
· garden snail shell (violet)
· marine snail shell (purple
· Abalone shell (pink)
· clam with exposed siphons (shell pink; siphons red)
· oyster shell (turquoise)
· mussel shell (dark blue)
3. Give the three main characteristics for each class of mollusks.
· Gastropods
· Bivalves
· Cephalopods
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