Question

The mollusc group gets its name from the latin word mollis which means?
A. Soft
B. Jelly like
C. Hard
D. Feather like

Answer 1

Molluscs come in more different shapes and sizes than any other animal phylum. Snails, slugs, and other gastropods, clams and other bivalves, squids and other cephalopods, and other less well-known but equally unique groupings are among them.

Complete solution:
The phylum Mollusca, which means "soft-bodied," is one of the largest in the animal kingdom. mollusc comes from the Latin word "mollis," which means "soft." Mollusks make up roughly a quarter of all marine life on the planet, with an estimated 200,000 species. Snails, squid, octopuses, clams, and oysters are all members of this phylum.
Molluscs originally appeared on Earth 600 million years ago, according to fossil records. Six of the seven now recognized classes of molluscs existed in basic form after another 100 million years. Mollusks did not appear in freshwater lakes and streams until another 100 million years had passed. Molluscs have only fully evolved in the last 100 million years, inhabiting a wide range of land, freshwater, and marine habitats around the planet.
Mollusc is derived from the Latin word "mollis," which means "soft." Most mollusks, however, have a hard shell in addition to soft sections. Individual mollusks may have a shell made up of a single piece of calcium carbonate, depending on the species, these animals are known as univalved.

Hence the correct answer is option A. Soft.

Note:
Molluscs have always been and continue to be a significant source of food for anatomically modern people. Toxins that can build in certain molluscs under certain conditions can cause food poisoning, and many nations have rules in place to mitigate this danger. Molluscs have long been a source of valuable luxury items, including pearls, mother of pearl, Tyrian purple dye, and sea silk. In certain pre-industrial communities, their shells were also utilized as currency.