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 mystery mollusk is the first known nudibranch to live in a deep-water column, specifically in the ocean’s midnight zone — open water about 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 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
Home plate was tilted up and stamped on top with a cracked mollusk fossil.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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