Scaphopoda

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Noun1.Scaphopoda - small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shellsScaphopoda - small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells
Mollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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The expression of an engrailed protein during embryonic shell formation of the tusk-shell, Antalis entalis (Mollusca, Scaphopoda).
Prey item Phylum Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Bivalvia Gastropoda Scaphopoda Phylum Porifera Sponges Kingdom Plantae Seagrass and seaweed Kingdom Protista Foraminifera Others Sediment Prey item Frequency of occurrence (%) Kingdom Animalia 12.24 44.89 4.80 4.80 Kingdom Plantae 61.22 Kingdom Protista 83.97 Others 95.92 Figure 4: Distribution of S.
Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda.
We can pick up a few clues by observing modern Scaphopoda, a surviving group of marine molluscs with tapered, tubular one-piece shells open at both ends.
The epifauna was composed of 46 Scaphopoda and mollusca species, 36 Fish, 33 Polychaeta, 29 Crustacea, 6 Echinodermata, 2 Cnidaria (Anthozoa), 3 Sipuncula, 1 Nemertini, 2 Ascidiacea and 1 Pycnogonida.
Volume II, Bivalvia to Scaphopoda. John Wiley and Sons, New York, New York, USA.
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