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title: "Molluscs & Sea Slugs (Mollusca (Gastropoda & Bivalvia)) | Evolutionary Clade | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Mineral-secreting muscular mantles, ribbon-like radula teeth, and stolen solar chloroplasts. Explore 9 species in the Molluscs & Sea Slugs evolutionary lineage."
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# Molluscs & Sea Slugs (*Mollusca (Gastropoda & Bivalvia)*)

> Mineral-secreting muscular mantles, ribbon-like radula teeth, and stolen solar chloroplasts.

Beyond the high-speed cephalopods, the broader mollusc phylum includes shelled gastropods, bivalves, and nudibranchs. Armed with ribbon-like radulae containing microscopic chitin teeth, they scrape rock surfaces, drill through shells, or sequester toxins and chloroplasts from prey.

## Key Evolutionary Adaptations

- Geography cone snails fire venomous radula harpoons carrying over 100 conopeptides that shut down nervous signaling instantly.
- Blue sea dragon nudibranchs consume Portuguese man o wars and store the intact stinging cells in finger-like cerata.
- Scaly-foot snails live near deep hydrothermal vents, embedding iron sulfide minerals into their shells and foot scales.

## Member Species (9 Creatures)

- [Banana Slug](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/banana-slug/) (*Ariolimax columbianus*)
  - **Superpower**: Slime that numbs the mouth and tongue if ingested
  - **Musical Match**: Caspian (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral)
- [Blue Sea Dragon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-sea-dragon/) (*Glaucus atlanticus*)
  - **Superpower**: Kleptocnidae: steals a Portuguese man o' war's stinging cells and stores them in its own cerata.
  - **Musical Match**: Saint Pepsi (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco)
- [Garden Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/garden-snail/) (*Cornu aspersum*)
  - **Superpower**: Seals itself off with a parchment-like membrane in hot, dry weather
  - **Musical Match**: Hania Rani (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber)
- [Geography Cone Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/geography-cone-snail/) (*Conus geographus*)
  - **Superpower**: Venom insulin that appears to be part of the "nirvana cabal," a toxin mix released into the water to disorient schools of small fish, which the snail then engulfs and harpoons with a hollow radular tooth.
  - **Musical Match**: Carpenter Brut (French Dark Electro & EBM)
- [Giant Clam](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-clam/) (*Tridacna gigas*)
  - **Superpower**: Hosts billions of algae in its own tissues and gets the majority of its nutrients from them
  - **Musical Match**: Hiroshi Yoshimura (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes)
- [Great Scallop](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-scallop/) (*Pecten maximus*)
  - **Superpower**: Numerous tiny eyes around the mantle edge, and a swim powered by clapping its valves
  - **Musical Match**: Fitz and the Tantrums (2010s Pop & Electropop)
- [Pacific Oyster](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pacific-oyster/) (*Magallana gigas*)
  - **Superpower**: Filters up to 50 gallons of seawater a day
  - **Musical Match**: Kelly Lee Owens (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis)
- [Red Abalone](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-abalone/) (*Haliotis rufescens*)
  - **Superpower**: Clamps its shell down onto the rock, and the strength of its muscle makes it extremely difficult to detach.
  - **Musical Match**: Caroline Shaw (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber)
- [Scaly-foot Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scaly-foot-snail/) (*Chrysomallon squamiferum*)
  - **Superpower**: Foot scales and shell often mineralised with iron sulfide, and a heart that's about 4% of its body volume
  - **Musical Match**: Godflesh (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk)

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