Mollusca Vocabulary

The phylum of coelomate animals whose members include Snails, Clams, Octopuses, and Squid.

• MOLLUSCA

• CEPHALOPOD

• BIVALVE

• GASTROPOD

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In the class with (Stomach foot), EX. Snails, Slugs and Limpets.

• BIVALVE

• MOLLUSCA

• GASTROPOD

• CEPHALOPOD

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Having Two shells. Ex. Clams and Oysters

• CEPHALOPOD

• PEN

• GASTROPOD

• BIVALVE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

(Head Foot) Ex. Octopuses and Squid.

• GASTROPOD

• CEPHALOPOD

• BIVALVE

• RADULA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A structure of tiny teeth used for scraping food particle off a surface and drawing them into the mouth.

• PEN

• CUTTLEBONE

• RADULA

• CHROMATOPHORE

Cells containing pigment that, through contraction and expansion, produce temporary color changes.

• RADULA

• CHROMATAPHORE

• PEN

• MANTLE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The Outer fleshy tissue of Molluscs. The mantle of Cephalopods may be modified for locomotion.

• MANTLE

• CUTTLEBONE

• PEN

• RADULA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A hard, brittle internal structure (an internal shell) found in all members of the family Sepiidae, (Cuttle fish), a family within the cephalopods.

• RADULA

• CHROMATOPHORE

• CUTTLEBONE

• PEN

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The internal shell of squid. They're used primarily to support squids muscular tissues and organs.

• PEN

• TENTACLE

• CHROMATOPHORE

• CUTTLEBONE

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

• CUTTLEBONE

• TENTACLE

• CHROMATOPHORE

• BIVALVE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2