Friday, October 7, 2011

Characteristics of subclass 2-OPISTHOBRANCHIA of Gastropoda


1) They are exclusively marine gastropods.
    2) They have reduced type of shell and when present 
         often covered with mantle or pedal folds.
    3) They do not have operculum usually.
    4) They have single gill or often replaced by secondary 
         branchiae in the form of dorsal outgrowth.
        5)They have heart with one auricle posterior to the
            ventricle.
        6)They have mantle cavity rotated to right side or often
             lost due to detorsion.
                7)They have nervous system concentrated due to
                    detorsion.
                8) They are hermaphrodite.
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