What are the characteristics of a mollusk?

Answer:
a shell, a soft body, a muscular foot, and a mantle - ALEKZA <3
  • Usually bilateral
  • Adult gastropods are asymmetrical
  • Epidermis of single layer and many unicellular mucus glands
  • cilliated cells skin of visceral mass forms thin and delicate covering called as mantle or pallium
  • The alimentary canal is complete with mouth and anus, it is of v shape or straight
  • Radula is the grasping or masticating organ and hepatopancreas is the digestive gland
  • They have metanephridia or kebber's organ or organ of bojanus as the excretory system The sense organs are well developed, it includes eyes statocysts [balance] many receptors for touch, smell, and taste. At the base of gills ospharidium is present as olfactory chemoreceptor
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