Octavio’s

Book

Mollusks

Mollusks

Mollusks are
Invertebrates

(no

backbones)

The clams and
the cockles
are
mollusks

Mollusks have
soft-bodies
without

bones

and legs

The snails

and

the slugs are
mollusks

Mollusks

have

a mantle that
makes the
shell and…

… a

muscular

foot used

for

motion

but some mollusks

develop
tentacles in
place of a foot

The nautilus
is a mollusk
that has
tentacles

Most

mollusks

are protected
by hard

shells

The oyster
and the
abalones
are mollusks

Sometimes a
grain of sand
gets inside an
oyster and
produces a pearl

Cuttlefish and
squid are
mollusks that a
shell grows inside
they're body

The giant
squid is the
largest
invertebrate

Some mollusks
like the octopus
don’t have a shell
at all

This enables

them

to

squeeze

through very
narrow slits

Octopus are

considered the
smartest of all the

invertebrates

Other
mollusks

are:

The scallops
and the
mussel,

and the sea
hare and
limpet

There are
more than

112,000

species

of Mollusk