A radula is a specialized feeding organ used to scrape material off of a substrate for ingestion, much like a cheese grater scrapes shreds off of a block of cheese. Snails, which have this structure, are thus which kind of feeder?
A) suspension feeder
B) fluid feeder
C) deposit feeder
D) mass feeder

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Snails use their radula to scrape and ingest large chunks of food, which classifies them as mass feeders. Mass feeders bite off chunks of their food source to eat, similar to how the radula functions.

A Radula Is a Specialized Feeding Organ Used to Scrape