Q.

Consider the following features:                  [2019]

 

(A) Organ system level of organisation
(B) Bilateral symmetry
(C) True coelomates with segmentation of body

 

Select the correct option of animal groups which possess all the above characteristics:

1 Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata  
2 Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata  
3 Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca  
4 Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata  

Ans.

(2)

Mollusca shows organ system level of organisation with unsegmented body (except Neopilina, which is a segmented mollusc), having distinct head, muscular foot, and visceral hump. They usually show bilateral symmetry, but some molluscs (example: Pila) become asymmetrical due to torsion.