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How do seashells protect themselves?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

They clam-up.

Clams have two concave shells that they can clamp tightly together, totally encasing themselves in hard limestone.

Snails withdraw into their hollow shells and have a little trap-door they can close behind themselves.

Limpets have only one concave shell on their backs however they clamp themselves down hard on a rock so their shell covers them completely.

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