Mollusca:
Class Aplacophora
The class Aplacophora contains about 300 species of wormlike, deepwater marine mollusks formerly classified with the sea cucumbers in Echinodermata. These mollusks lack shells and in many cases a foot as well. Generally small, they burrow in the upper layer of the sea bottom.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Anatomical Features
- Class Aplacophora
- Class Polyplacophora
- Class Monoplacophora
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Bivalvia
- Class Scaphopoda
- Class Cephalopoda
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