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Animal Kingdom

Question
CBSEENBI11003153

Shell of molluscs is derived from

  • foot

  • mantle

  • ctenidia

  • placoid

Solution

B.

mantle

Molluscs are the soft bodied, unsegmented animals covered by a shell. Mantle is the dorsal body wall which covers the organs of digestion, reproduction and movement. In between the shell and body wall is a covering called mantle, which secretes the shell.