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Are shellfish carnivores

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Shellfish is a culinary term covering a number of different animals. This makes your question too vague for a specific, definitive answer as some of the animals included in the term are carnivores, others omnivores and others herbivores and detritivores.

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No. Carnivores are meat eaters. Sea shells don't eat anything.

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