mollusk

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 high presence of hearths and mollusk and fish remains in the middens suggests that the area was used for the processing and consumption of marine resources.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 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

She showed Will and Lyra how to gather a particular kind of mollusk by finding their breathing tubes just above the sand.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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

These tiny dark-yellowish mollusks, native to rivers in China and Southeast Asia, have already wreaked havoc in South America, and for years have kept officials and ecologists across the United States on high alert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

The so-called “hot girl food” is exactly what its name suggests: processed seafood — namely sardines, anchovies, salmon, mollusks and shellfish — that’s neatly packaged and presented in a peel-back, often decorative tin.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024

Some particularly creative otters have even been seen using boat hulls and ship ladders as makeshift “anvils” for smashing open mollusks.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

For some reason, snail-like mollusks seem to be almost immune to the effects of insecticides.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson