A student brought home a strange animal which he found outside under a rock. It had moist skin, a complete digestive tract, a ventral nerve cord, and had gone through torsion. Identify the phylum of the animal.
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a
Porifera
b
Annelida
c
Mollusca
d
Echinodermata
answer is C.
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The animal found by the boy belongs to mollusca phylum. Mollusca are the second largest phylum after arthropoda and include predominantly marine animals. They are triploblastic, bilaterally symmetrical, schizocoelic and unsegmented protostomes. They have moist skin, a complete digestive tract, a ventral nerve cord, and had gone through torsion.
A student brought home a strange animal which he found outside under a rock. It had moist skin, a complete digestive tract, a ventral nerve cord, and had gone through torsion. Identify the phylum of the animal.