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Definition of mollusca
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Mollusca
(n. pl.) One of the grand
divisions
of the
animal
kingdom,
including
the
classes
Cephalopoda,
Gastropoda,
PteropodaScaphopoda,
and
Lamellibranchiata,
or
Conchifera.
These
animals
have an
unsegmented
bilateral
body, with most of the
organs
and parts
paired,
but not
repeated
longitudinally.
Most of them
develop
a
mantle,
which
incloses
either
a
branchial
or a
pulmonary
cavity.
They are
generally
more or less
covered
and
protected
by a
calcareous
shell,
which may be
univalve,
bivalve,
or m
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Tectibranchiata
::
Tectibranchiata
(n. pl.) An
order,
or
suborder,
of
gastropod
Mollusca
in which the gills are
usually
situated
on one side of the back, and
protected
by a fold of the
mantle.
When there is a
shell,
it is
usually
thin and
delicate
and often
rudimentary.
The
aplysias
and the
bubble
shells
are
examples..
Mollusk
::
Mollusk
(n.) One of the
Mollusca.
Lamellibranchiata
::
Lamellibranchiata
(n. pl.) A class of
Mollusca
including
all those that have
bivalve
shells,
as the
clams,
oysters,
mussels,
etc..
Placophora
::
Placophora
(n. pl.) A
division
of
gastropod
Mollusca,
including
the
chitons.
The back is
covered
by eight
shelly
plates.
Called
also
Polyplacophora.
See
Illust.
under
Chiton,
and
Isopleura..
Geophila
::
Geophila
(n. pl.) The
division
of
Mollusca
which
includes
the land
snails
and
slugs.
Odontoblast
::
Odontoblast
(n.) One of the cells which
secrete
the
chitinous
teeth of
Mollusca.
Amphineura
::
Amphineura
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Mollusca
remarkable
for the
bilateral
symmetry
of the
organs
and the
arrangement
of the
nerves.
Encephalous
::
Encephalous
(a.)
Having
a head; -- said of most
Mollusca;
--
opposed
to
acephalous.
Cirrus
::
Cirrus
(n.) A soft
tactile
appendage
of the
mantle
of many
Mollusca,
and of the
parapodia
of
Annelida.
Those near the head of
annelids
are
Tentacular
cirri;
those of the last
segment
are
caudal
cirri..
Molluscoidea
::
Molluscoidea
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Invertebrata
which
includes
the
classes
Brachiopoda
and
Bryozoa;
--
called
also
Anthoid
Mollusca.
Solenogastra
::
Solenogastra
(n. pl.) An order of lowly
organized
Mollusca
belonging
to the
Isopleura.
A
narrow
groove
takes the place of the foot of other
gastropods.
Opisthopulmonate
::
Opisthopulmonate
(a.)
Having
the
pulmonary
sac
situated
posteriorly;
-- said of
certain
air-breathing
Mollusca.
Molluscan
::
Molluscan
(n.) A
mollusk;
one of the
Mollusca.
Bojanus Organ
::
Bojanus
organ () A
glandular
organ of
bivalve
mollusca,
serving
in part as a
kidney..
Molluscous
::
Molluscous
(a.)
Molluscan.
Cephalopoda
::
Cephalopoda
(n. pl.) The
highest
class of
Mollusca.
Anthobranchia
::
Anthobranchia
(n. pl.) A
division
of
nudibranchiate
Mollusca,
in which the gills form a
wreath
or
cluster
upon the
posterior
part of the back. See
Nudibranchiata,
and
Doris..
Acephala
::
Acephala
(n. pl.) That
division
of the
Mollusca
which
includes
the
bivalve
shells,
like the clams and
oysters;
-- so
called
because
they have no
evident
head.
Formerly
the group
included
the
Tunicata,
Brachiopoda,
and
sometimes
the
Bryozoa.
See
Mollusca..
Molluscan
::
Molluscan
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
mollusks.
Opisthobranchiata
::
Opisthobranchiata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
gastropod
Mollusca,
in which the
breathing
organs
are
usually
situated
behind
the
heart.
It
includes
the
tectibranchs
and
nudibranchs..
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