Mollusks Crossword

prey is located with highly developed eyes and captured by tentacles or arms
can produce general body color changes or stripes and other patterns
special skin cells containing pigment granules which are concentrated or dispersed to change color
have 8 arms (no tentacles) with suckers without stalks or teeth, and sac-like bodies without fins
cloud water with a dark fluid called sepia containing melanin (a brown-black pigment) when disturbed
(a degenerate shell; an internal strip of hard protein) helps support the mantle
produce large, coiled shells composed of chambers separated by septa (partitions)
a tough protein secreted by a foot gland, commonly in the form of threads (byssal threads), used to attach to the surface
structures formed when the mantle is fused around inhalant and exhalant openings, which project above the surface of sediments
Protective tissue covering soft parts, extends from the visceral mass and hangs down on each side of the body, secretes the shell
space between the mantle and the body
dorsal body region intestine and anus)
region containing the head with its mouth and sensory organs and the foot,
Have soft bodies, usually covered by a calcium carbonate shell
a ribbon of tissue containing teeth (found in all except bivalves) used for scraping, piercing, tearing or cutting pieces of food
Have flattened bodies often covered by 8 shell plates.
Have shells divided into 2 jointed halves (valves). Includes clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops
cord of tissue connecting the nautiloid to uninhabited chambers (it inhabits the last chamber) which removes seawater from each chamber as it forms
move using jet propulsion.
Have large cylindrical bodies with a pair of fins derived from mantle tissue