Which statement about the mantle of mollusks is false?
A) It is present in all groups of mollusks except the octopuses.
B) In terrestrial gastropods it is modified into a lung.
C) It is part of a filtering device used for feeding in bivalves.
D) It is the basis of jet propulsion in cephalopods.
E) It secretes the shell that provides external protection in most molluscan groups.
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