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To gain a better insight into the ecology of the animals, the researchers exploited the fact that small shell-less sea slugs from the Rhodopidae family feed on placozoans.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

Sea slugs are a type of shell-less marine mollusc renowned for their remarkable variety and beauty.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

But for a plant, its diet is impressive: seed shrimp, shell-less crustaceans, insect larvae, and occasionally even tadpoles and small fish.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2019

Pisifera seeds tend to abort during development, but when they do produce fruits, they are often shell-less.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

The skrewt was inches from him when it froze — he had managed to hit it on its fleshy, shell-less underside.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling