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<p>One of the wonders in learning what is  behind the existence of the beautifully crafted and colorful seashells is the story of how these  group evolved in order to survive. The Evolution of Mollusca started generations ago. They existed but they keep on hidding  themselves from their predators which are too much in the ocean. The Evolution of Mollusca would tell how the early phylum mollusca have happened to develop hard shells to cover their soft bodies. By that then they were able not only to survive but also succeeded in launching an ever-escalating five hundred million years old battle between themselves and their predators. <br />
<P><?php echo $fon_product_ad; ?></P>One example of the Evolution of Mollusca  is demonstrated by today's Nautilus. A phylum molusca in Indian and Pacific oceans, having a spiral, pearly-lined shell with a series of air-filled chambers the ancestors of Nautilus evolved buoyant shells, a trait that allowed them to launch off the seafloor and become swimming predators known as cephalopods. <br />
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The uniqueness of phylum mollusca has impressively demonstrated how a basic Evolution of Mollusca can evolve into a variety of different forms adapted to specific environments. You will be amazed as to how the hard shell has been made. It was not just made for the protection of the animal; the size was intended to be large and can endure the life in the land. While the fast-swimming squid, however, has a shell reduced to a small internal pen-shaped structure. Just a small shell in them that perfectly fits them in the ocean. <br />
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The wide variety of phylum mollusca includes clams, oysters, snails, mussels, squid, and octopus, which are common food. The word mollusca come from Latin meaning "soft," a good description of the group's fleshy bodies- or creature without bones. People love to see them because they appear in a wide range of sizes, from microscopic too as large as the giant squid. The unique characteristic of phylum mollusca as shared with most molluscs are characteristics that their muscular foot may be modified into tentacles, a mantle that encloses gills or lungs, a tongue-like feeding organ with teeth capable of boring into food, and some may have some form of shell, either internal or external, made of calcium carbonate. In the sea they occur from the deepest ocean trenches to the intertidal zone and they are along the seashores sometimes as a whole but most of the times, only their houses or their shells we see now. <br />
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The phylum mollusca shows an amazing degree of diversity, they are very successful group in the animal kingdom because over 160,000 species have been described, of which around 128,000 are living and about 35,000 are recorded as fossil species. The phylum mollusca are found in nearly all habitats throughout the world. But no matter how beautiful they are made, there is danger that we will lose them in the near future.  Our generation is lucky because we still have few chances to see and touch the whole mollusca family. We must support the preservation and propagation of the phylum mollusca.</p>

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