Mollusca (Pt 1): Characteristics & Classes of Mollusks- Invertebrate Paleontology | GEO GIRL

The invertebrate paleontology phylum of mollusks! Mollusks include a diverse group of organisms that share the same basic body plan. The general anatomy, morphology, systematics / classification, and evolution of mollusks is discussed in this video.

0:00 What are mollusks?
2:40 Mollusk body plan
5:10 Mollusk shells
5:58 Mollusk classification
11:58 Mollusk evolution
15:40 Upcoming content!
16:07 Bloopers!

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My understanding was that 70% of all mollusks had shells of aragonite exclusively, but from this video it sounded more like they had both aragonite and calcite?
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So did the last common ancestor of snails, clams, squid, and octopuses have a brain?

Clams don't seem to have a brain.