Rostroconchia

fossil mollusk class

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In mollusk: Evolution and paleontology
…ancestor in the fossil class Rostroconchia. These groups have a mantle with the shell enlarged in width to envelop the soft body as well as an anterior elongated foot to live on the bottoms of mobile particles (sand, mud). In contrast, a free head with cerebral eyes is set off…
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