Press generate for a random mollusk with a photo and facts. You'll meet octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, nautiluses, snails, slugs, sea slugs and clams.
Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates, many with a shell. They range from tiny snails to the giant squid, and the octopus is among the smartest invertebrates known.
All 15 mollusks in the generator
- Octopus – Has three hearts and blue blood
- Giant Squid – Has eyes as big as dinner plates, among the largest in the animal kingdom
- Common Cuttlefish – Changes color in a blink to blend in, even though it is colorblind
- Chambered Nautilus – Rises and sinks by adjusting gas and liquid in its shell chambers
- Giant Clam – Can weigh over 200 kg and gets food from algae living in its tissue
- Garden Snail – Has thousands of tiny teeth on a ribbon-like tongue called a radula
- Banana Slug – A bright yellow slug that can grow up to 25 cm long
- Leopard Slug – Pairs mate while dangling in midair from a rope of slime
- Blue Sea Dragon – Eats venomous Portuguese man o' war and reuses their stinging cells
- Spanish Dancer – Swims by rippling its red body like a flamenco dancer's skirt
- Pacific Oyster – Can change sex, often starting life male and later becoming female
- Scallop – Has up to 200 tiny eyes lining the edge of its shell
- Humboldt Squid – Hunts in groups and flashes red and white, earning the name 'red devil'
- Ocean Quahog – One clam, nicknamed Ming, lived 507 years, a record for animals
- Blue-Ringed Octopus – Only golf-ball sized, yet its venom can kill an adult human
Frequently asked questions
- Which animals are mollusks?
- Snails and slugs (gastropods), clams, oysters and mussels (bivalves), and octopuses, squid and cuttlefish (cephalopods).
- Is an octopus a mollusk?
- Yes. Octopuses are cephalopod mollusks, related to snails and clams.
- How many mollusk species are there?
- About 85,000 living species have been described.