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Characterization of respiratory system in aquatic molluscs

How is the respiratory system in the aquatic molluscs characterized? What adaptive respiratory structure does terrestrial molluscs exists?

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Aquatic molluscs oxygenate their blood via gills in direct contact through water. In terrestrial molluscs the rich vascularity beneath the mantle cavity absorbs air doing the function of a primitive lung.

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