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shell
a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk. -
abalone
Abalone is a shellfish that you can eat and that has a shiny substance called mother-of-pearl inside its shell. -
ammonoid
any of the extinct group of sea-dwelling cephalopod molluscs with coiled and chambered shells -
banana slug
a large, bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk, Ariolimax columbianus, of the northwestern forests of North America: the second largest slug in the world. -
bivalve
any marine or freshwater mollusc of the class Pelecypoda (formerly Bivalvia or Lamellibranchia), having a laterally compressed body, a shell consisting of two hinged valves, and gills for respiration. The group includes clams, cockles, oysters, and mussels -
calico clam
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macrocallista, especially M. nimbosa, having a smooth, thick, rounded shell marked with violet-brown or lilac spots or streaks.