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Juvenile Clam with Tentacles
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Spaceship Mollusk

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A photo of zebra mussels clinging together, the mollusks have successfully invaded brackish and freshwater areas across North America.
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Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.
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Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs

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A small, transparent, shell-less sea snail in the open ocean.
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Angels of the Sea

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Two red flame scallops with white tentacles attached to a sandy substrate.
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Flame Scallop

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This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.
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Boring Sponge on Coral

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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
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Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

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A small giant clam -- yes, that's it's real name -- in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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Octocorals dominated the seafloor on Chris Mah's Okeanos mission to Johnston Atoll in the remote Pacific Ocean.
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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

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Boats docked in a Chesapeake Bay harbor
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Rapa Whelks: Invaders of the Chesapeake Bay

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the interior of an oyster shell with a pearl
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How Oysters Create the Ocean’s Gems

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