Phylum Mollusca | General Characteristics, Classification & Examples | Biology Shorts

wierd_world on Instagram: "Snails are fascinating creatures belonging to the class of mollusks known as gastropods (which also includes slugs). Here are several interesting facts about them: ​Physical Characteristics & Anatomy ​Many Teeth, No Chewing: Snails possess a unique feeding organ called a radula, which is a ribbon-like tongue covered in thousands of microscopic, tooth-like structures (up to 12,000 in some species). They don't chew; they use the radula like a file or a rasp to scrape and