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Contraryto popular belief, Sand Dollars are not shells/molluscs. They have the appearance of a shell because of their outer carbon-carbonate skeleton.


They are actually living animals classed as echinoderms. Which is the same class as sea urchins and starfish.


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How did sand dollars get their name?

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Fishville cheats how to get sand dollars?

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How are sand dollars created and what is the process behind their formation?

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This echinoderm burrows in the sand?

Sand dollars.


How sand dollars got its name?

sand dollars got there name because they are shaped like a coin and they dig themselves into the sand


How do sand dollars breathe?

Sand dollars breathe through a process known as diffusion, using their tube feet.


What phylum contains sand dollars?

Phylum Echinodermata


How do sand dollars protect themselves?

Sand dollars don't protect themself, they just sit their........ :)-


What family is the sand dallor in?

what is the sand dollars kingdom