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Two clams, a mussel, an oyster, on a bed of algae
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Shellfish for Dinner: More than just Clams and Oysters

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an oyster shell on a beach
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Oyster Shell

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an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Oyster Disease

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A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Ocean Acidification

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Farming Oysters Despite Acidic Seas

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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

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The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it isn’t actually an abalone) is found along the entire coast of Chile.
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The Loco of Chile

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Pearl oysters create pearls when a hard particle is coated with calcium carbonate (nacre) after entering the oyster.
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Pearls of Wisdom

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White abalone
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White Abalone In Danger

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Juvenile Clam with Tentacles
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Spaceship Mollusk

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A close-up of tiny teeth on the common whelk's radula.
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A Snail's Rainbow Radula

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