whats special about thiss phylum
they are 2nd largest
their characteristics
bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, coelomate, organ system level organisation
explain about their body
calcareous shell, body divided into head muscular foot and visceral hump
there’s mantle over visceral hump
space between visceral hump and mantle is mantle cavity, there are feather like gills present here
whats the organ for filling out food into small pieces
radula
their sex, fertilisation and development
they are dioecious, oviparous, and indirect development
their examples
pila, pinctada, sepia, loligo, oyster, aplysia, dentalium, chaetopleura