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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mantle | soft covering, formed from the body wall, of brachiopods and mollusks |
| foot | a muscular organ found in all molluscs |
| radula | a feeding organ present in most gastropods, cephalopods, and chitons |
| chitin | the most abundant renewable polymer in the oceans and is an important source of carbon and nitrogen for marine organisms |
| umbo | a thin, organic coating (or "skin") that is the outermost layer of the shell of many shelled animals, including molluscs |
| siphons | in molluscs are tube-like structures in which water (or, more rarely, air) flows |
| byssal threads | the filaments that allow bivalve mollusks such as mussels to attach themselves to a surface |
| biofouling | the undesirable formation of a layer of living microorganisms and their decomposition products as deposits on the surfaces in contact with liquid media |
| ink sac | an anatomical feature that is found in many cephalopod mollusks used to produce the defensive cephalopod ink |
| pen | a colony of polyps (small anemonelike individuals) working together for the survival of the whole. |
| crystalline style | a feeding organ present in most gastropods, cephalopods, and chitons |
| open circulatory system | a muscular organ found in all molluscs |
| ganglia | an anatomical feature that is found in many cephalopod mollusks used to produce the defensive cephalopod ink |
| spermatophores | a muscular organ found in all molluscs |
| veliger | a feeding organ present in most gastropods, cephalopods, and chitons |
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