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

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

It wasn’t a worm, a mollusk, or a crustacean.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 2023

The really old ones came from the shell of a sea mollusk.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer