Multiple choice

Pearl oyster belongs to which of the following classes of phylum Mollusca?

  1. Pelecypoda

  2. Gastropoda

  3. Amphineura

  4. Scaphopoda

  5. Monoplacophora

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Explanation

Class Bivalvia or Pelecypoda consists of filter feeder molluscs in which the shell is external and made up of two valves jointed dorsally by a hinge joint. Pinctada or pearl oyster is present in pelecypoda.