ZOOLOGY: STUDY GUIDE - Ye. O. Nevedomska - 2013

LECTURE 11. PHYLUM MOLLUSCA

Self-Assessment Questions

1. Provide a General Overview AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE phylum Mollusca.

2. Identify the progressive evolutionary features of Mollusks.

3. Characterize the classes: Bivalvia, Gastropoda, and Cephalopoda.

4. Compare gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods. Determine their common and distinctive features.

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