mollusc

1. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell (synset 101943377)
   is a type of: invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
   subtypes:

   • scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk
   • gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
   • chiton, coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle - primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
   • bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
   • cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
   belongs to: mollusca, phylum mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
   has:

   • carapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
   • shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
   same as: mollusk, shellfish

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