In a tide pool, a student encounters an organism with a hard outer covering that contains much calcium carbonate, an open circulatory system, and gills. The organism could potentially be a crab, a shrimp, a barnacle, or a bivalve. The presence of which of the following structures would allow for the most certain identification of the organism? a. a heart b. a filter-feeding apparatus c. a mantle d. a body cavity e. eyes

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The presence of a mantle would allow for the most certain identification of the organism. The mantle is a significant anatomical feature found in mollusks, including bivalves (like clams, oysters, and mussels). It is the part of their anatomy that secretes the shell. Crabs, shrimps, and barnacles do not have a mantle; they belong to the arthropod phylum (specifically the class Crustacea), while bivalves belong to the phylum Mollusca.

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