I've never really considered that molluscs could percive the world in a highly sophisticated manner. Well, some actually do. And I should not really be that surprised, but since I'm a human I naturally assume that we are the measure of all things seen as life and that a "simple" little oceanic being would not have senses in the same class as our own...
Here's some close-up shots at a clam (Aequipecten irradians) with it's characteristic blueberry-like eyes. Have no time to dig up any dirt about these sensory organs but I trust that you're all familliar with the wonders of google.com!
Image sources:
http://www.augsburg.edu/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes-close.jpg
http://www.eyedesignbook.com/ch3/fig3-05aBG.jpg
http://www.augsburg.edu/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes-menacing-close.jpg
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