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Record 1 2005-07-08

English

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

An animal belonging to the Mollusca.

OBS

Mollusca: In present use (mainly following the classification proposed by Cuvier in 1788-1800), a phylum or sub-kingdom of animals, comprising the four classes Gastropoda (limpets, snails, etc.), Scaphopoda (tooth-shells), Cephalopoda (cuttlefish, etc.), and Lamellibranchia (oyster, mussel, etc.); the classes Cirrhopoda, Tunicata, and Brachiopoda, included by Cuvier among the Mollusca, are now placed elsewhere, and the Polyzoa have since Cuvier's time been added to the phylum and again removed.

CONT

shellfish: An aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster and other mollusks and the lobster and other crustaceans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Animal invertébré au corps mou.

CONT

Principaux mollusques : Céphalopodes : ammonite, argonaute, baculite, bélemnite, calmar(ou encornet), nautile, poulpe(ou pieuvre), seiche. Gastéropodes : buccin(ou trompette), casque, cérite, cône, doris, escargot(ou hélix, limaçon), fuseau, haliotide(ou ormeau), harpe, janthine, limace, limnée, littorine(ou bigorneau, vignot), mitre, murex(ou rocher), nérinée, nérite, olive, ombrelle, paludine, patelle, planorbe, pleurobranche, porcelaine, pourpre, pupa(ou maillot), strombe, terebellum, testacelle, triton(ou trompette), troque, turbinelle, turbo, turritelle, vermet. Lamellibranches : anodonte, avicule, huître(Ostracés), isocarde, lime, moule, mulette, palourde, pedum, peigne(ou pecten, coquille Saint-Jacques), pétoncle(ou amande de mer), pholade, pinne, praire, solen(ou manche de couteau), spondyle, taret, tridacne(ou bénitier), vénéricarde, vénus.

Spanish

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

Filum extenso de invertebrados, incluyendo babosas, caracoles y otros de cuerpo blando, no segmentado, protegido en parte o totalmente por una concha.

OBS

Comparar con la clase Crustacea.

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