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Facts

Also Known As	Adesmoidea • boring clam • Pholadidae

Topics

Xylophaga Pholas dactylus Smith’s martesia wood piddock flat-topped piddock Pholas chiloensis great piddock clam Myoida shipworm cockle ark shell razor clam What’s the difference between clams, mussels, and oysters?geoduck coquina clam gaper clam Nuculana Goniophora

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

Lion (panthera leo)

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