Molluscs

Abalones are marine snails with broad muscular feet and flattened shells.

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The bigfin reef squid lives in warm coastal waters around reefs and seagrass.

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The blue dragon sea slug floats upside down at the ocean surface.

The blue mussel is a coastal bivalve that forms dense beds on suitable surfaces.

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The colossal squid is a deep-water cephalopod of Antarctic and subantarctic seas.

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Cuttlefish are shell-bearing cephalopods with remarkable camouflage.

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The giant clam is a large reef-dwelling bivalve of the tropical Indo-Pacific.

The giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus.

The giant squid is an elusive deep-water cephalopod with exceptionally long feeding tentacles.

The Humboldt squid is an active predator of the eastern Pacific.

Limpets include several groups of marine snails.

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Nautiluses are shelled cephalopods.

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Octopuses are eight-armed cephalopods.

Oysters include many reef-forming bivalves.

The quahog is a thick-shelled bivalve of western Atlantic coastal waters.

Scallops are bivalves capable of moving by clapping their shells.

Sea slugs include many colourful marine snails without an adult external shell.

Slugs are snails with reduced or absent external shells.

Snails occupy many environments.

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The vampire squid collects drifting organic debris in dim, oxygen-poor ocean water.

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