The Mollusca Family
Mollusca
Body Designs
Life Cycle
Moving About
Needs and Other Facts
Habitats
Grub and Vittles
Survey
Sources
Mollusca
By Alana Ferguson and shivani subramaniam
5 Fun Facts
There are 50,000 living species of Mollusks
The latin word for Mollusk is
Lophotrochozoa
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Mollusca typically have a soft body, but often a hard exoskeleton. An example is a snail.
They vary in size and habitat. They can be so small they can camoflouge with the sand, or a giant octopus in the deep.
Mollusca are used as food, jewelry, pets and tools
Examples of Mollusks