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786:Green ormer
696:New Zealand
666:Crassostrea
647:Sydney rock
525:New Zealand
447:Smooth clam
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1091:Cuttlefish
1051:Freshwater
995:Korean mud
958:Pear whelk
734:Gastropods
691:Great/king
637:Windowpane
632:Portuguese
568:California
472:Razor clam
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267:substrates
197:gaper clam
193:horse clam
168:See text.
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1459:Mactridae
1099:Spineless
963:Lightning
931:Channeled
588:Mytilidae
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280:pea crabs
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1132:Big blue
990:Mud-flat
941:Kellet's
781:Greenlip
776:Blacklip
678:Scallops
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185:mollusks
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90:Animalia
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388:Geoduck
261:Habitat
207:Species
182:bivalve
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901:Common
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