I actually think the mantle is part of the Earth so there's basically no function to it.
The mantle is a secrete shell. The functions of the mantle is to protect the crab.
mantle, radula, open circulatory system
The function of a mantle on a mollusk is the same as the respiratory system in mammals. It is also part of the feeding structure in bivalves.
The mantle of a clam protects the clam from sunlight in shelled mollusks, the mantle is the organ that forms the shell, and adds to the shell to increase its size and strength as the animal grows.
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shows where all the mantle muscles were attached in life
The mantle of the mollusk helps it protect its delecate skull and grows and shrinks when detectiong danger. The mantle also grows when sexually urged by female mollusks and the mollusk with the largest mantle wins over its mate.
Tentacles, along the edge of the oyster's mantle, are organs of sense.
the cilia draws water into the mantle cavity
It allows the snail or clam to make it's own shell.
the inner mantle is different than the outer mantle because the inner mantle is hotter than the outer mantle.
The upper mantle and the lower mantle.