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Aplacophoran mollusc

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Aplacophoran mollusc

This slug-like creature is hardly recognisable as a shellfish, as it lacks a shell and tentacles.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shellfish – Chitons, tusk shells and rare classes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8037/aplacophoran-mollusc (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.