Mollusca

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Mollusca (noun; plural mollusks, molluscs; Latin molluscus, soft): A phylum of invertebrates with a soft unsegmented body and usually covered with a double or single shell, or having an internal shell; includes snails, chitons, tusk shells, bivalves, limpets, squids, octopi, etc.