Diagram of a Mollusca

Description

A diagram of a mollusca. Mollusca are soft-bodied animals that are usually protected by an external skeleton or shell composed of carbonate of lime. Labels: 1, Alimentary canal. 2, Heart. 3, Cerebral ganglion. 4, Pedal ganglion. 5, Ganglion of digestive organs and muscles.

Keywords

Mollusca, mollusk

Galleries

Other Mollusks

Source:

Cutter, Calvin First Book on Analytic Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene, Human and Comparative (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1875) 33

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman