MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Mollusca
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.644
Unique ID: D008974
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008974
Annotation: as animal & food; IM; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Molluscs; Mollusks
See Also: Shellfish
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Mollusca MeSH Descriptor Data 2025