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The 34 pages that link to Radula, each with the reason it gives.

• MolluscaRelated: Its presence in many mollusks and absence in bivalves illustrates variation in feeding anatomy.

• CephalopodRelated: Cephalopods retain this molluscan feeding structure alongside their beaks.

• GastropodaRelated: Radula structure and use vary widely across gastropod feeding strategies.

• ProboscisCompared with: It scrapes or cuts food rather than drawing it through an elongated tube.

• GastropodRelated: Many gastropods use it to scrape, cut, or grasp food.

• InvertebrateBroader topic: This specialized organ helps many mollusks feed without vertebrate jaws.

• MolluskBroader topic: This feeding structure occurs in many mollusks but is missing in bivalves.

• NudibranchRelated: Nudibranch radulae are adapted to their particular prey and feeding strategies.

• PulmonataRelated: Like other gastropods, many pulmonates use this structure to scrape or cut food.

• MolluscivoryRelated: Predatory snails use radulae to rasp tissue or help penetrate the shells of prey.

• SlugRelated: Many slugs use this rasping structure to feed on plants, fungi, or other animals.

• KimberellaCompared with: Kimberella’s feeding traces resemble scraping, but no radula has been preserved to confirm molluscan affinity.

• Cornu aspersumRelated: Cornu aspersum scrapes plant material and other food with this feeding organ.

• LimpetRelated: A limpet scrapes algae from rock with its radula, whose teeth can contain exceptionally hard minerals.

• AplacophoraRelated: Caudofoveates use a radula to feed, while solenogasters show greater variation in its presence.

• MalacologyRelated: Its presence and modification help explain feeding diversity across mollusks.

• SnailRelated: Many snails use this toothed organ to rasp food from surfaces.

• WiwaxiaRelated: A fossilized radula associated with Wiwaxia suggests it scraped or processed food.

• Cephalopod beakRelated: It follows the beak and rasps food into pieces small enough to swallow.

• HelicidaeRelated: Helicid feeding leaves a radula-based rasping mechanism beneath their varied diets.

• Sea snailRelated: Many sea snails scrape, drill, or cut food with this toothed organ.

• AchatinaRelated: Achatina uses this molluscan feeding organ to rasp plant material.

• Freshwater snailRelated: Freshwater snails scrape algae and other food with this toothed feeding structure.

• HalkieriidRelated: A radula-like feeding apparatus has figured in proposals about halkieriid molluscan affinities.

• Land snailRelated: Land snails scrape food with this toothed structure.

• Lissachatina fulicaRelated: Its radula scrapes food from surfaces as the snail feeds on plants and other material.

• TurritellidaeRelated: The radula processes food after particles reach the mouth.

• AplysiidaRelated: Sea hares use their radulae to rasp algae and other food.

• CharoniaRelated: Gastropod feeding anatomy helps explain how Charonia handles prey.

• Clione limacinaRelated: Clione uses specialized radular structures to help seize and consume prey.

• Evolution of molluscsBroader topic: Its presence and modification illuminate both shared ancestry and ecological change.

• MuricidaeRelated: Muricids use radular teeth during feeding and shell-boring attacks.

• TurridaeRelated: Conoidean radular forms help distinguish lineages once lumped together as turrids.

• Tusk shellRelated: After captacula gather prey, the radula helps move and process it.