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Mollusks such as snails and mussels, along with vertebrates, were the most affected, while plants and arthropods faced relatively few losses.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

Mollusks and other near-shore sedentary creatures in the bay were wiped out en masse, Minicheva says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

Mollusks use biomineralization, that is, chemicals and minerals in the surrounding environment, to build their shells.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021

Mollusks, ranging from clams to squids and octopuses, use hemocyanin, too, but they seem to have invented their version of it independently.

From Scientific American • May 6, 2019

A considerable number of existing Cirripedia settle exclusively or chiefly upon living animals;—on Sponges, Corals, Mollusks, Cetaceans, Turtles, Sea-Snakes, Sharks, Crustaceans, Sea Urchins, and even on Acalephs.

From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Muller, Fritz