The best part is that the winner gets its genome sequenced.
https://moty.senckenberg.science/
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It was a tossup for me - the quahog or the limpet. I went with the quahog. Who’d you vote for?
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Limpet!! One of my favorite mollusks!
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I used to say for whom I voted, but I have learned not to do so; quietly using avoidance has offered gains.
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But you did vote, right?
I voted, although I was disappointed there was little info on the candidates’ policies and positions on important issues.
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If you don’t vote for the blue dragon, you’re evil and bad and on the wrong side of history, and you probably hate nudibranchs :)
I think we all know, instinctively, that the ocean quahog is on the right side of the Greenland issue.
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I voted for the deep sea octopus
Read my response carefully. 
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This is awesome, thank you for sharing this! I voted for Atlantic Carrier Snail, Xenophora conchyliophora. I love animals that decorate their homes with things they find, like bowerbirds, caddis fly larvae, and this awesome guy. It’s neat to think about the possibility of regional variations when it comes to how an animal decorates.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that the blue dragon dragon is secretly poison-less, and steals it’s poison from fellow molluscs! Unlike the humble octopus, of course. Vote for octopus!
(I am totally not hired by The Dorado Octopus. I am very much unbiased…)
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I voted for the octopus. Why? Because octopus.
Seriously though, this fella is epic! I mean, it solely broods nearby hydrothermal vents!
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Actually it steals its venom from the Portuguese Man O’ War
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The deep-sea octopus Muusoctopus was voted Mollusc of the Year 2025, receiving a third of the votes!
https://www.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/a-deep-sea-octopus-is-the-mollusk-of-the-year-2025/
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“total of 4,005 votes cast”
Here on the iNat Forum, I’ve posted a few polls, and 300 votes is a good voter turnout. I think we have around 10,000 members on the iNat Forum?
The global mollusc community must be huge and highly engaged!
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Totally forgot I did this. Third place, baby!
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A good showing for a solid, steady, unglamorous, workaday clam.
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