Features of the phylum Mollusca

1. Soft unsegmented body is covered with mantle or Pellium.
2. Ventral muscular foot present.
3. Calcareous shell (external or internal) often present.
4. Respiration by ctenidia or pulmonary sac.
5. Excretion by kidneys.

Examples: Pila, Aplysia, Nucula

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