Phylum Mollusca

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Hylobates_lar
gptkbp:body_shape gptkb:Mantle
Muscular foot
Visceral mass
gptkbp:breathability Gills
Open circulatory system
gptkbp:characterized_by Soft-bodied animals
gptkbp:cultural_diversity Includes both marine and terrestrial species
Over 85,000 recognized species
gptkbp:foot Calcareous shell
gptkbp:habitat Marine environments
Freshwater environments
Terrestrial environments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Phylum Mollusca
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Cercopithecidae
gptkb:Gastropoda
gptkb:Bimota
gptkbp:is_aligned_with Bilateral symmetry
gptkbp:key_concept Radula
Presence of a foot adapted for burrowing in bivalves
Presence of a mantle cavity for housing gills or lungs
Ciliated larvae (trochophore) in development
Coiled shell in some species
Complex eyes in cephalopods
Foot modified into arms in cephalopods
Mantle cavity for respiration and excretion
Presence of a beak in cephalopods
Presence of a circulatory system with hemolymph
Presence of a coelom
Presence of a foot for locomotion
Presence of a larval stage that can be planktonic
Presence of a mantle for shell secretion
Presence of a nervous system with sensory organs
Presence of a shell made of calcium carbonate
Presence of a siphon in some species
Presence of a visceral mass containing organs
Presence of chromatophores in cephalopods
Shell structure varies among classes
Tentacles in cephalopods
Presence of a digestive system with a stomach and intestine
Presence of a foot used for attachment in some species
Presence of a reproductive system with separate sexes or hermaphroditism
Presence of a shell that can be reduced or lost in some species
gptkbp:offers_courses_in Mollusks
gptkbp:originated_in Originated over 500 million years ago
gptkbp:reproduction Asexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
gptkbp:strategic_importance Source of food
Source of pearls
Source of ink (from cephalopods)
Source of shellfish
gptkbp:system Nervous system with ganglia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cretaceous_Ammonite
gptkb:Bimota
gptkb:Ammonoidea
gptkb:Jonin
gptkb:ammonites
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5