Friday, March 16, 2007

Respiration


Mollusks use gills as a form of resperation as well as filters for foods, though it is known that most mollusk species only use their gills for breathing. The gills are also refered to as "ctenidia". Aquatic mollusks (i.e snails, clams and squid) breathe through the gills inside their mantel cavities. But land mollusks use an adapted mantle cavity lined with blood vessels to breath "skin breathing".

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow! But what about kaebers organ and organ of bojanus???

Unknown said...

Wow! But what about kaebers organ and organ of bojanus???

Unknown said...

Wow! But what about kaebers organ and organ of bojanus???

Unknown said...

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