Which one of the following is a matching set of a phylum and its three examples?

(A)Porifera - Spongilla, Euplectella, Pennatula
(B)Cnidaria - Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia
(C)Platyhelminthes - Planaria, Schistosoma, Enterobius
(D)Mollusca - Loligo, Teredo, Octopus

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Examples: *Pila* (Apple snail), *Pinctada* (Pearl oyster), *Sepia* (Cuttlefish), *Loligo* (Squid), *Octopus* (Devil fish), *Aplysia* (Sea-hare), *Dentalium* (Tusk shell) and *Chaetopleura* (Chiton).

Chapter: Animal Kingdom
Section: 4.2.8 Phylum – Mollusca
Page: 8
Words matched: 15 of 22

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly lists Loligo and Octopus as examples of Mollusca, which directly matches two of the three examples in option D, and the context confirms it is discussing the Mollusca phylum.

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