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The Pulmonates - Molluscs with Lungs
Terrestrial and freshwater snails and slugs form a group known as the pulmonates. The pulmonantes are unique from other molluscs in that they have lost their gills and breath using... Read more
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Cephalopods - The Jet-Propelled Molluscs
Of all the many ways animals get around—running, climbing, swimming, flying, lumbering, jumping, slithering—the oddest by far is jet propulsion. Only a few groups of animals use this method of... Read more
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Gastropods - The Twisted Molluscs
While bivalves may well be knick-named the mirror-image molluscs, gastropods are by comparison the twisted molluscs. This "twisted" moniker aptly reflects a unique stage in their development known as torsion. At... Read more
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