Protostomes Coelomates Mouth develops from the blastopore Cleavage is radial and determinate ALL HAVE A TRUE COELOM! Subkingdom Eumetazoa Bilateral symmetry Coelomates Phylum Mollusca Soft bodied, with hard shell protection Ex: slugs, clams, snails, squids, and octopuses Open circulatory system ? fluid not always contained within vessels but circulates through hemocoel Most have exoskeletons Reduced or no segmentation Radula; rasping tongue to scrape food Many internal organs ? excretion through Three body parts Muscular foot - movement Visceral mass ? contains most of the organs Mantle ? secretes a shell An open circulatory system limits the size of these animals The closed circulatory system is much more efficient! Four classes of Phylum Mollusca
Classification of Animals and other Kingdoms
Protostomes Coelomates Mouth develops from the blastopore Cleavage is radial and determinate ALL HAVE A TRUE COELOM! Subkingdom Eumetazoa Bilateral symmetry Coelomates Phylum Mollusca Soft bodied, with hard shell protection Ex: slugs, clams, snails, squids, and octopuses Open circulatory system ? fluid not always contained within vessels but circulates through hemocoel Most have exoskeletons Reduced or no segmentation Radula; rasping tongue to scrape food Many internal organs ? excretion through Three body parts Muscular foot - movement Visceral mass ? contains most of the organs Mantle ? secretes a shell An open circulatory system limits the size of these animals The closed circulatory system is much more efficient! Four classes of Phylum Mollusca
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