mollusks

Cultural  

1. A phylum of invertebrates with soft bodies and muscular feet. Some mollusks also have hard shells. Oysters, clams, snails, slugs, octopuses, and squid are mollusks.

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Example Sentences

Trilobites scurried across the seafloor among dense clusters of shelled mollusks.

From Science Daily

These included a variety of worms, mollusks, and crustaceans.

From Science Daily

Though she prefers mollusks to men, it’s Yeva who insists on reducing the kidnapping target from 100 to 12, a number that the trailer could humanely accommodate.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking of what makes up this most delicious and fragrant stew and despite the name, go on and include shellfish: crustaceans, mollusks or bivalves, anything you like.

From Salon

But as it turns out, one group of marine mollusks was way ahead of us.

From Science Daily