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The Mollusc Page<< Cephalopod ArticlesMolluscs include the familiar snails, garden slugs, and beautiful sea slugs (class Gastropoda), the clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels (class Bivalvia), the active octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and Nautilus (class Cephalopoda) as well as some less familiar groups such as the classes Aplacophora (shell-less worm looking things called solenogasters), Caudofoveata (small shell-less deep-sea worm like things), Monoplacophora (living fossils—only 8 or so species), Polyplacophora (chitons) and Scaphopoda (tusk shells). In terms of numbers of species, Mollusca is the second largest phylum of invertebrates (Arthropoda is the largest). Molluscs are one of the most noticeable groups of invertebrates as well—their attractive shells are collected and many species are consumed as food (hungary yet?). IndexPhylum MolluscaClass Bivalvia Class Cephalopoda Class Gastropoda Class Scaphopoda Phylum MolluscaThe Zoological Record keeps a better and more frequently updated list of mollusca links than I ever will!Molluscan Evolution Listserver Malacological collection databases and more EQMal European Quaternary Malacologists Invertebrate Collection The UCMP invertebrate catalog contains Shellfish Web Site (National Shellfisheries Association) Class BivalviaSome bivalve FAQs (NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service and Northeast Fisheries Science Center)Systematics of Fossil Caribbean Bivalves (Neogene Marine Invertebrates of Tropical America) Everything You Need To Know About Zebra Mussels Class CephalopodaCephalopod LinksClass GastropodaCone shell and conotoxinsNeogene Marine invertebrates of Tropical america NMITA images and taxonomic information Sea Slugs (nudibranchs, opisthobranchs and their allies) Veliger larva opisthobranch veliger research Class ScaphopodaIntroduction to the Scaphopoda; the tusk shellsMisc.Tree of Life - Mollusca
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