Q. A Connecting link between Annelida and Mollusca is

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Solution:

Connecting link is one, which exhibits characteristics of more than one groups. Neopilina, is a connecting link between phylum?Annelida and Mollusca. It shows annelidan characters like presence of trochophore larva, eggs divide by spiral cheavage as in polychaetes, presence of pairs of cenidia, pairs of nephridia, pairs of retracter muscles and two pairs of auricles. On the other hand, molluscan characters of Neopilina are presence of shell and mantle. presence of a flat muscular foot as found in chiton and presence of soft and dorsoventrally flattened body.