Mollusca Middle School

The part of the mollusk that produces its shells is the ______. 

• cavity
• mantle
• visceral mass
• ventral foot

Gastropoda, Bivalva, Cephalapoda are all classes within the Phylum _______. 

• Arthropoda
• Mollusca
• Porifera 
• Cnidaria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Mollusk's tongue-like strip covered with teeth that point backward is called the ____

• trochopore
• radula
• gills
• visceral mass

Radula is used to _________. 

• scrape food from surfaces
• regulate water flow
• digest food
• gas exchange

What type of body do all Mollusks have?

• Segmented
• Soft
• Rigid
• Clear

Which part of the Mollusk body is specialized for burrowing, feeding, and movement?

• trochophores
• visceral mass
• mantle
• foot

What type of gastropod is pictured? 

• tulip snail
• cowry snail
• abalone
• nudibranch

This is a

• blue dragon nudibranch

• man o war

• blue sponge

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Dangerous gastropod with a powerful venom and painful barbed stinger

• abalone

• giant conch snail

• cone snail

• nudibranch

Which group of gastropods can "steal" the stinging cells from cnidarians and store them in their own epithelial tissues in order to defend itself from predators?

• nudibranches

• conch snail

• all snails

• cone snail