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The word mollusca was coined by.

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Answered by Anonymous
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Answer:

Linnaeus

Explanation:

MOLLUSCA. Mollusca (mo-LUS-ka) is derived from the Latin word molluscus, which means soft. Linnaeus (1758) coined the name of this phylum. The mollusks are among the most diverse, and well-known of the invertebrate groups and include the clams, snails, tusk shells, chitons, and squids.

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Answered by dikshaagarwal4442
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Answer:

Johnson coined the term 'mollusca' in 1650.

Later, Linnaeus included 'mollusca' in the phylum 'Verms' in 1790.

Explanation:

  • Mollusca is referred to 'any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (such as snails, clams, or squids) with a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a calcareous shell broadly a shellfish.
  • These are characterized on the basis of there three layers.
  • Their body is covered by a mantle and shell.
  • They also have soft bodied with three regions.

Hence, the word mollusca was coined by 'Johnson'.

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