Question

A natural predator of the crown-of-thorns sea star is a mollusc called the Giant Triton, Charonia tritonis. If the triton uses a radula to saw into the sea star, then to which clade should the triton belong?

A) chitons
B) bivalves
C) gastropods
D) cephalopods

Answer 1

C) Gastropods

Step-by-step explanation:

• Radula is the scraping and feeding organ of Gastropods.
• Since giant triton uses a radula to saw into the sea star, it is obviously a Gastropod.
• Charonia tritonis or giant triton are large sea snail.
• They belong to class Gastropoda under phylum mollusca..
• These are natural predators of starfish and other small molluscs.
• Like other molluscs these are also soft bodied animals and have large shells.