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Mollusca

"Mollusca" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A phylum of the kingdom Metazoa. Mollusca have soft, unsegmented bodies with an anterior head, a dorsal visceral mass, and a ventral foot. Most are encased in a protective calcareous shell. It includes the classes GASTROPODA; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; Aplacophora; Scaphopoda; Polyplacophora; and Monoplacophora.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mollusca" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mollusca" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2003
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