VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2011

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    Which one of the following is connecting link between Annelids and Molluscans?

    A)           Peripatus

    B)                                                  Lepidosiren             

    C)                                  Neopilina  

    D)                                  Protopterus

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Neopilina is a connecting link between Annelida and Mollusca. It shows annelidan characters like presence of trochophore larva, eggs divide by spiral cleavage, 6 pairs of nephridia, 8 pairs of retractor muscles and two pairs of avaricles. The molluscan characters are presence of shell and mantle, flat muscular foot and presence of soft and dorsoventrally flattened body.


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