Thus, all shells sprang from the plate of a chiton? David Kirsh Durham, NC On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:14:55 -0400 CHARLES F STURM <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Bret, > Try this for a description of a mollusk. > This is from a web site i am > helping to creat. > > > > > > > > > > a larval or adult body plan with traces of > eight segments > a circumpharyngeal nerve ring with a > ladder-like arrangement of nerves > Mollusks will share some or all of these > characteristics. > > > Regards, > Charlie > ****************************************************************************** > Charlie Sturm, Jr > Research Associate - Section of Mollusks > Carnegie Museum of Natural > History > Pittsburgh, PA, USA > > Assistant Professor - Family Medicine > > [log in to unmask] >