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Are crabs mollusks

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The animal kingdom crab does not belong to phylum mollusca. Crab belongs to an Animal kingdom under phylum Arthropoda, subphylum, Crustacea, Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda.

*Addition: Thus crabs are not mollusks but crustaceans.

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Yes Due to the outer shell and soft inner body.

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