NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mollusks have a soft body and share several characteristics, including a muscular foot, a visceral mass of internal organs, and a mantle.

Detailed explanation-2: -mollusk, also spelled mollusc, any soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, usually wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by a soft mantle covering the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Molluscs. The phylum Mollusca is defined by several special characteristics. These defining characteristics include a mantle with a mantle cavity, a shell (except where lost), visceral mass, foot, and radula. The odontophore is in the mouth of most mollusks and it supports the radula (a ribbon of teeth).

Detailed explanation-4: -Molluscs have a mantle or mass of soft flesh that covers the soft body and encloses the internal organs. In many species, the mantle produces a hard shell.

Detailed explanation-5: -Soft-bodied invertebrates, mollusks include slugs, snails, octopuses, squid, clams, and mussels. Most mollusks have SHELLS to protect them.