Snail? Or mullosk of some kind?

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Saw this bad boy on the glass the other night. Looked like a clam shell and didn't move like a snail, it would reach with its foot then slide, it didnt move like a snail at all. No idea what it is but the shell looks like a clam. what the heck is it?
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nautical_nathaniel

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Take it out of the water and see how it closes up, some bivalves move around with their tongue, but I've never seen one that uses it like a snail foot.
 

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I vote bivalve too. The only bivalve I'm privy to that's invasive are store bought live mussels(so I've heard), but I'm just some hobbyist - not a marine life expert :). Generally Thumbs up to bivalves in my book. Score!
 

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I've seen the local blue mussels move the same way.

"Bivalve" (which this is) is a very broad classification, which includes clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, ark shells, and a host of others!

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