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What is the difference between a clam and an octopus?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 10/8/2023

A clam is a bivalve mollusc-that is one with a shell that splits in two. Octopus are also molluscs but of the cephalopoda class-this means they are bilaterally symmetrical-only symmetrical in one direction.

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