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Record 1 2006-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A large phylum of invertebrate animals that have a soft unsegmented body lacking segmented appendages and commonly protected by a calcareous shell secreted by a mantle which extends from the body wall usually as an enveloping fold ...

OBS

Mollusca include tooth shells, snails, mussels and other bivalves, octopuses, and related forms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Embranchement d'animaux invertébrés à corps mou composé d'une tête, d'une masse viscérale et d'un pied, le tout recouvert d'une membrane, le manteau, dont le rôle principal est de sécréter une coquille calcaire.

OBS

Le calmar, le poulpe, l'escargot, la moule, l'huître et les autres coquillages sont des mollusques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
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