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Also known as sea shell, shell, animal shell, seashells

exoesqueleto de moluscos, braquiópodos y otros animales invertebrados

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A seashell is the hard outer covering produced by mollusks such as bivalves and gastropods, which wash up on beaches around the world. Seashells matter because they provide protection for living mollusks and can be inhabited by other creatures like hermit crabs after the original animal dies.

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Una concha es la cobertura dura, rígida y exterior que poseen ciertos animales. Solo se consideran conchas los exoesqueletos de los moluscos.

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