Also known as sea shell, shell, animal shell, seashells
right|thumb|Seashells washed up on the beach in Valencia, Spain; nearly all are single valves of [[bivalve mollusks, mostly of Mactra corallina]] right|thumb|Hand-picked molluscan seashells (bivalves and [[gastropods) from the beach at Clacton on Sea in England]] thumb|A group of seashells, mostly bivalves in the family Pholadidae thumb|226x226px|Mixed shells on a beach in Venezuela thumb|Hermit crabs inhabiting marine gastropod shells that lived in the [[Persian Gulf]] thumb|A group of beach-worn sea snail shells that vary in size, form and pattern combination.
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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