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Mollusca

Mollusca

7.3
A large group of animals without backbones that have soft bodies, often with shells like snails, clams, squids and octopuses
  • noun
  • /mɒˈlʌskə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : moluscos
  • Overnight, his world became shells, conchology, and the phylum Mollusca.
  • the phylum Mollusca

Examples

  • Let's name the species that live in the sea Mollusca and gastropoda, arthropoda, echinoderma, chordata

    Finding Nemo (2003)

  • Squid, all cephalopods in fact, belong to the phylum Mollusca.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The freshwater mollusca include Viviparus (Paludina), Planorbis, Melanopsis, Unio, and Cyrena.

    Blog text (34)

  • Squids and octopuses are fascinating creatures that belong to the phylum Mollusca.

  • The classroom was filled with models of animals from the phylum Mollusca, including clams and snails.

  • In biology, students learn about the many species classified under Mollusca, such as slugs and cuttlefish.

Synonyms

mollusk
vsMollusca
  • US
11 5.6

A soft-bodied animal like a snail or clam that often has a shell

is the formal scientific name for the whole phylum, not individual animals

Surface Forms

Mollusca singular
Molluscas plural

Etymology

Mollusca comes from the Latin molluscus, from mollis which means 'soft'. So Mollusca is the group of animals with a soft body (often with a shell), like snails, clams, and octopuses.