You go to the seafood market and buy a box of what are labeled "clams." Before cooking them,you place them in salt water and observe feathery organs that are repeatedly projected from between the two halves of the organisms' shells.You return them to the market and suggest that they be relabeled as

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The feathery organs projected from between the two halves of the shells are indicative of brachiopods, which are filter-feeding, sessile organisms that possess a lophophore (a specialized feeding structure). Oysters do not have a lophophore and their anatomy is different from brachiopods. Gastropods are snails and slugs, which have a completely different body plan. Onychophorans, also known as velvet worms, are not typically sold in seafood markets as they are terrestrial organisms. Cephalopods, such as squid and octopus, do not have shells and thus are not a likely candidate for the organisms observed in this scenario.

You Go to the Seafood Market and Buy a Box