Dentalium General Characteristics | Free Biology Notes

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General Characteristics of Dentalium

• It is a marine mollusc
• Dentalium is found burrowing in sand
• The body completely enclosed by the mantle
• The shell is slightly curved, tubular and opens at both the ends.
• Gills absent, instead a part of mantle serves for gaseous exchange
• There are present filamentous tentacles called the captacula, which are useful in feeding.
• Sexes are separate and Development through trochophore larva