mollusk
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Among them is Veleropilina gretchenae, a newly identified mollusk recovered from the Aleutian Trench at 6,465 meters.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
The mollusk lights up using bioluminescence when threatened to distract predators, researchers said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
Herman is confident that his father would be happy with his adoration for the mollusk, now chronicled in this beautiful cookbook.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
The oyster farmer, Will Peckham, 31, for example, left a job in corporate finance in the city to start West Robins Oyster Co., a mollusk farm in Peconic Bay about seven years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
There were little pieces of ancient sea urchins in my hand, mollusk shells.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Trilobites scurried across the seafloor among dense clusters of shelled mollusks.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026
A radioactive wasp’s nest was found at a decommissioned nuclear worksite in South Carolina, and a thriving community of tube worms and mollusks was located at the bottom of deep-sea trenches in the Pacific.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2025
Speaking of what makes up this most delicious and fragrant stew and despite the name, go on and include shellfish: crustaceans, mollusks or bivalves, anything you like.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025
The mollusks are efficient filter feeders and can increase the clarity of water by consuming large quantities of plankton, which native fish and other creatures depend on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
Abalones are mollusks that cling tenaciously to rocks, and one has to pry them loose.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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