mollusk
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This humble mollusk is a vital source of income and nutrition for many coastal residents.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
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 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
Ta-p’en-k’eng sites of Taiwan and the South China coast are full of fish bones and mollusk shells, as well as of stone net sinkers and adzes suitable for hollowing out a wooden canoe.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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