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WorksheetsMollusk Test Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Nudibranchs are from what class?
Polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
Snails are from what class?
Polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
cephalopoda
Chitons are from what class?
Polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
Squid are from what class?
Polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivavlia
Cephalopoda
Mussels are from what class?
Polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
Another name for the forgut; receives and prepares food for digestion
Buccal cavity
Foot
Cteidia
Mantle
Material which composes the middle layer of the mollusk shell.
Ctenidia
Periostracum
Prismatic
Calcium Carbonate
Modified gills present in many aquatic mollusks; feathery or comb-like structures used for respiration.
Intestine
Radula
Ctenidia
Visceral mass
The large muscular organ used for locomotion and prey capture.
Visceral mass
Buccal cavity
Nacre
Foot
Long, coiled organ used to absorb nutrients from digested food.
Mantle
Intestine
Prismatic
Valve
A membranous sheath of skin extending from the visceral mass that hangs down on each side of the body, protecting the soft parts.
Mantle
Nacre
Nephridia
Foot
Material which composes the inner layer of mollusk shell.
Calcium Carbonate
Ctenidia
Nacre
Nephridia
Organs that remove metabolic wastes from the mollusk's body.
Intestine
Ctenidia
Radula
Nephridia
Name for the outer layer of mollusk shell.
Periostracum
Prismatic
Foot
Valve
Name for the middle layer of mollusk shell.
Prismatic
Perisostracum
Ctenidia
Buccal cavity
Venomous golf-ball sized octopus found in the shallow coral reefs and tide pools of Australia.
Cuttlefish
Mimic octopus
Australian Blue-Ringed Octopus
Nudibranch
Cephalopod known as the "King of Camoflauge" for ability to change color, patterns, or textures.
Australian Blue-Ringed Octopus
Cuttlefish
Nautilus
Scallop
The most threatened group of invertebrates in the U.S..
Oyster
Zebra mussel
Scallop
Freshwater clam
The most venomous species of snail; found in coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific.
Nautilus
Naval Shipworm
Geograhic Cone
Giant Clam
One of the largest mollusks on Earth; these coral reef inhabitants gain most of their nutrition as adults from the symbiotic dinoflagellates living in the mantle tissue.
Giant Clam
Giant Squid
Mimic Octopus
Nudibranch
The world's largest known invertebrate.
Giant Clam
Giant Squid
Zebra mussel
Cuttlefish
Octopus famous for being able to impersonate other sea creatures; found off the coast of Indonesia.
Geographic Cone
Cuttlefish
Nautilus
Mimic Octous
Nocturnal cephalopod with a chambered shell
Naval Shipworm
Nudibrance
Nautilus
Oyster
Bivave that burrows in wood and feeds on particles it excavates, causing great damage to unprotected wooden boats and piers.
Nudibranch
Scallop
Geographic Cone
Naval shipworm
A marine gastropod without a shell; also known as a sea slug.
Nautilus
Nudibranch
Scallop
Zebra mussel
Bivalve which can swim by clapping its valves together to create a sort of jet propulsion to escape predators.
Giant clam
Cuttlefish
Scallop
Zebra mussel
Bivalve which can be cultured to obtain pearls.
Oyster
Zebra Mussel
Giant Clam
Scallop
Invasive species introduced in 1986 via ballast water from a European freighter into Lake Erie but are now dound throughoutthe Great Lakes.
Zebra mussel
Freshwater clam
Naval Shipworm
Giant Squid
A rasping tongue-like organ with backwards facing teeth.
Foot
Radula
Valve
Buccal cavity
Another term for a mollusk shell.
Mantle
Nacre
Valve
Viceral mass
Part of the mollusk body that contains most of the organs.
Visceral mass
Valve
Foot
Ctenidia
Of all invertebrates, cephalopods are the ...
simplest
most intelligent
slowest
fastest
The oldest part of the bivavle shell is the ...
Umbo
Hinge
Apex
Aperature
The term Cephalopod means this ...
Stomach-foot
Head-foot
Tentacle-Foot
Brain-foot
