marine ecology, april 16, 2008 intertidal organisms, part b: phylum mollusca
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Marine Ecology, April 16, 2008
Intertidal Organisms, Part B: Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Mollusca:The “soft-bodied” animals
Molluscan body plan Hypothetical ancestral mollusc (HAM)
Shell Mantle Mantle cavity Ctenidia Visceral mass Head and
assocated sensory structures
Radula Foot and epipodial
tentacles
Class Polyplacophora: chitons “many plates”
Differences from HAM8 shell platesMantle cavity
expanded around footMultiple ctenidiaMantle grows over
shell, thickened (new functions?)
Reduced head without sensory structures
Phylum Mollusca Class Polyplacophora Cryptochiton stelleri
Phylum Mollusca Class Polyplacophora Katharina tunicata
Phylum Mollusca Class Polyplacophora Tonicella lineata
Phylum Mollusca Class Polyplacophora Mopalia muscosa
Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda: “stomach-foot”
Representative membersLimpets, snails,
abalones, nudibranchs
Diff. from HAMUndergo torsion
What is torsion? Advantages of
torsion Disadvantages of
torsion
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda
Diodora aspera
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Lottia gigantea
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Collisella digitalis
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Collisella pelta
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Comparison of common limpets
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Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Tegula funebralis
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Littorina sp.
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nucella lamellosa
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nucella canaliculata
(Photo by: Dave Cowles July 2005)
Photo: Derrick Ditchburn
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nucella emarginata
nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Molluscs/index.htm
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Photos Ari Kornfeld, copyright © 1996-2001.
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (dorid)
Acanthodoris nanaimoensis
Photos courtesy of Ari Kornfeld, copyright © 1996-2001.
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (dorid)
Archidoris montereyensis
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (dorid)
Rostangia pulchra
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (dorid)
Discodoris (Dialula sandiegensis)
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (aeolid)
Aeolidia papillosa
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Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (aeolid)
Hermissenda (Phidiana) crassicornis
Phylum MolluscaClass Gastropoda Nudibranch (arminacean)
Janolus fuscus
Class Bivalvia: “two valves”
Representative members: Clams, mussels and scallops
Differences from HAMTwo shellsMantle/sensory structuresExpanded mantle cavityEnlarged ctenidia
Respiration AND feedingReduced headFoot more elongate;
Minimal area for suction
Phylum MolluscaClass Bivalvia Mytilus
californianus Mytilus
trossulus (Mytilus edulis)