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Seashell Quiz Click here for a printable version of this quiz. Seashells belong to the phylum mollusca. (True or False) Animals with two shells are called bivalves. (True or False) Animals with one shell are called univalves. (True or False) There are many other creatures besides oysters that can make pearls. (True or False) Some snails, like the moon snail, are predators of clams and oysters. (True or False) The hard clam (or little neck, cherrystone or chowder clam) was called the quahog (ko-hog) by the Lenape Indians of New Jersey. (True or False) The purple color of the hard clam was used to make wampum by the Lenape Indians of New Jersey. (True or False) The mermaid's toenail is a type of shell but the mermaid's purse comes from a fish. (True or False) The New Jersey state seashell is the knobbed whelk. (True or False) In an Italian restaurant, the New Jersey state shell is served as scungilli. (True or False) Click here for the answers.

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