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The 50 pages that link to Mollusca, each with the reason it gives.

• ExoskeletonRelated: Many mollusks secrete external shells, a distinct form of protective covering.

• CephalopodNarrower topic: Cephalopods are one highly specialized branch of this phylum.

• BiomineralizationNarrower topic: Many mollusks produce mineralized shells whose structure varies with habitat and function.

• GastropodaNarrower topic: Gastropoda is one of the major classes within this phylum.

• BivalviaNarrower topic: Bivalvia is one of the major classes within this phylum.

• Mantle (mollusk)Narrower topic: The mantle is a defining body structure across the molluscan phylum.

• OctopusNarrower topic: The octopus body plan is a highly modified form of molluscan anatomy.

• Gastropod shellNarrower topic: The gastropod shell is one form of shell among molluscs.

• LophotrochozoaBroader topic: It is one of the most diverse and familiar lophotrochozoan phyla.

• CoelomBroader topic: Mollusks retain a reduced coelom around organs such as the heart and kidneys.

• PearlNarrower topic: Only certain mollusks produce pearls of the kind described here.

• GastropodNarrower topic: Gastropoda is one of the major classes within this phylum.

• BivalveNarrower topic: Bivalves are one branch of this diverse phylum.

• NautilusNarrower topic: This broader lineage supplies the body plan shared by nautiluses and other mollusks.

• NudibranchNarrower topic: This broader lineage explains the shared body-plan features nudibranchs retain.

• MolluscivoryNarrower topic: Mollusks are the prey animals that define this feeding strategy.

• SlugNarrower topic: This broader body plan includes the gastropod lineage from which slugs arose.

• BrachiopodCompared with: Brachiopods and molluscs both have shells, but belong to distinct animal phyla.

• John Edward GrayNarrower topic: Gray published extensively on mollusks and helped classify their diversity.

• KimberellaNarrower topic: Kimberella’s body shape and feeding traces have led to proposals that it belonged near this phylum.

• MonoplacophoraNarrower topic: Monoplacophora is one of the major living molluscan lineages.

• MusselNarrower topic: Mussels are mollusks, with the mantle and body plan characteristic of the phylum.

• LimpetNarrower topic: Limpets share the mantle, muscular foot, and other molluscan traits within this broader phylum.

• TrematodaRelated: Snails serve as essential intermediate hosts for nearly all trematode lineages.

• AplacophoraNarrower topic: Aplacophora belongs to this phylum despite lacking the shell typical of many mollusks.

• Common octopusNarrower topic: The common octopus shares the molluscan body plan, modified for active predation.

• MalacologyNarrower topic: Malacology takes this entire phylum as its subject.

• ShipwormNarrower topic: Despite their name and shape, shipworms are mollusks, not worms.

• WiwaxiaCompared with: Wiwaxia’s radula-like feeding apparatus and scales have been compared with molluscan features.

• CuttlefishNarrower topic: Cuttlefish are highly modified mollusks, retaining a mantle and a molluscan body plan.

• Sea snailNarrower topic: Gastropods belong to this broader group of soft-bodied animals.

• TurnstoneRelated: Mollusks among shells and rocks are part of the turnstone’s coastal prey.

• Giant Pacific octopusNarrower topic: Its evolutionary body plan places the octopus among mollusks despite its lack of a visible shell.

• HalkieriidRelated: Halkieriids share traits used to argue for an early position near molluscs.

• Land snailNarrower topic: The body plan of land snails is built from the molluscan pattern.

• Lissachatina fulicaNarrower topic: The giant African land snail is one terrestrial member of this much larger animal group.

• Mollusc shellNarrower topic: Shells occur across several molluscan lineages, but are reduced or absent in others.

• OrthonectidaRelated: Other orthonectids live in molluscan hosts, including cephalopods.

• Evolution of molluscsNarrower topic: The phylum whose evolutionary history this page traces.

• GeoduckNarrower topic: The geoduck's body plan and shell place it within this broad animal phylum.

• Giant clamNarrower topic: Its body plan and shell belong to the broader mollusc lineage.

• LingulataCompared with: Lingulates and bivalve molluscs both have paired shells, but their body plans and shell orientation differ.

• MuricidaeNarrower topic: Muricidae is one lineage within the broader molluscan phylum.

• Pecten maximusNarrower topic: The scallop’s body plan and shell are part of the broader molluscan pattern.

• Spanish dancerNarrower topic: The Spanish dancer is a mollusk despite its slug-like, shell-less appearance.

• TurridaeNarrower topic: This broader animal group places Turridae among molluscs with a mantle and specialized body plan.

• Tusk shellNarrower topic: Scaphopods are one branch of this diverse group of soft-bodied animals.

• UnionidaNarrower topic: This phylum provides the broader evolutionary context for Unionida.

• VeneridaeNarrower topic: The family sits within the broader mollusk body plan.

• WentletrapNarrower topic: The molluscan body plan underlies the snail's shell and soft body.