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Oyster Shell

Oysters filter about 50 gallons of water a day. ...

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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Oyster Disease

Along the East Coast of the United States, two diseases can cause significant...

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Spaceship Mollusk

No, this is not an alien spaceship from another world—it is a baby file clam...

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The Loco of Chile

The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it...

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The Borer of Holes

These clams (Pholas dactylus) are dazzling to see.  From their encased homes,...

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A Baltic Sea Nudibranch

Nudibranchs are mollusks that have evolved from shelled ancestors. Like the...

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Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

This bivalve mollusk is native to the Caspian Sea, lagoons of the Black Sea, and...

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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein...

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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

A colony of 100 million flame shells (Limaria hians) was discovered in Scotland in...

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Jingle Shells

The jingle shell (Anomia simplex) is a common bivalve found on the Atlantic...

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Counting Mountains of Oysters

A longshoreman stands in front of a large pile of oyster shells on waterfront pier...