- Docente: Antonio Bonfitto
- Credits: 4
- SSD: BIO/05
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Antonio Bonfitto (Modulo 1) Marco Passamonti (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Natural Sciences (cod. 8016)
Learning outcomes
After completing this module, the student will have in-depth knowledge of morphology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution and phylogeny of the Phylum Mollusca, with particular emphasis on new acquisitions resulting from modern molecular analysis. In particular, the student is able to: - recognize the main families of molluscs, - use the phylum for ecological and environmental analysis.
Course contents
General information about the Phylum Mollusca
Structure, morphology characteristics of the shell of molluscs in
different classes
Class Polyplacophora: Features and systematic
Main orders Polyplacophora and analysis of the most important
families.
Class Bivalvia: Features and systematic
Main orders Bivalvia and analysis of the most important
families.
Class Gastropoda: Features and systematic
Main orders Gastropoda and analysis of the most important
families.
Class Scaphopoda: Features and systematic
Main orders Scaphopoda and analysis of the most important
families.
Class Cephalopoda: Features and systematic
Main orders Cephalopoda and analysis of the most important
families.
Readings/Bibliography
Westheide - Rieder
Fondamenti di Zoologia
(chapter on phylum Mollusca)
Zanichelli editore
Lecture notes
Teaching methods
Lectures supplemented by laboratory work on samples
Assessment methods
Oral test with recognition of specimens; discussion of a powerpoint
presentation.
Teaching tools
Power point presentation, use of zoological specimens
Office hours
See the website of Antonio Bonfitto
See the website of Marco Passamonti