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While all three animals \u2013 snails, clams, and squids \u2013 belong to the phylum Mollusca, their mantles have distinct functions. In snails and clams, the mantle secretes and maintains the shell, while in squids, the mantle is primarily a part of the muscular system, responsible for swimming and jet propulsion. The respiratory function varies as well; mollusk species possess gills or lungs in their mantle cavities, adapted to their specific environment, be it aquatic or terrestrial.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The snail’s mantle is crucial to its anatomy and overall survival. This unique part of a snail’s body is a dorsal body wall covering its visceral mass and often protrudes in the form of flaps extending beyond the internal organs. As a fascinating component of mollusk anatomy, understanding the mantle’s function is vital to knowing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":5,"label":"Snails"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snails-Mantle-800x457.jpg",800,457,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Frank Kane","author_link":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/author\/frank-kane\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"Snails","slug":"snails","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Snail Care and Health: Tips and advice on how to keep your snails healthy, including information on diet, habitat setup, humidity, and common health concerns.","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":79,"category_description":"Snail Care and Health: Tips and advice on how to keep your snails healthy, including information on diet, habitat setup, humidity, and common health concerns.","cat_name":"Snails","category_nicename":"snails","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8854"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11236,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions\/11236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allourcreatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}