"Mollusca" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008974
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.644
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| Concept/Terms |
Mollusca- Mollusca
- Molluscas
- Mollusks
- Mollusk
- Molluscs
- Mollusc
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mollusca" by people in Profiles.
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Molluscan Compounds Provide Drug Leads for the Treatment and Prevention of Respiratory Disease. Mar Drugs. 2020 Nov 19; 18(11).
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Sunscreens are no harmless substitutes for mindful behavior under the sun. Dermatol Ther. 2018 11; 31(6):e12733.
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Cm-p5: an antifungal hydrophilic peptide derived from the coastal mollusk Cenchritis muricatus (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). FASEB J. 2015 Aug; 29(8):3315-25.
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[Feeding of Epishchura baicalensis Sars (Copepoda, Calanoida) on Baikal Lake]. Dokl Akad Nauk SSSR. 1953 May 11; 90(2):299-301.