Mollusca [měkkýši]
- Terms
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Mollusca
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Molluscs
Mollusks
A phylum of the kingdom Metazoa. Mollusca have soft, unsegmented bodies with an anterior head, a dorsal visceral mass, and a ventral foot. Most are encased in a protective calcareous shell. It includes the classes GASTROPODA; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; Aplacophora; Scaphopoda; Polyplacophora; and Monoplacophora.
- Annotation
- as animal & food; IM; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
- DUI
- D008974 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0013992
Allowable subheadings
- AH
- anatomy & histology 1
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification 5
- CY
- cytology 1
- DE
- drug effects
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- GE
- genetics
- GD
- growth & development 1
- IM
- immunology 2
- ME
- metabolism 1
- MI
- microbiology 1
- PS
- parasitology 16
- PY
- pathogenicity 2
- PH
- physiology 7
- RE
- radiation effects
- UL
- ultrastructure 1
- VI
- virology