class Bivalvia

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Noun1.class Bivalvia - oystersclass Bivalvia - oysters; clams; scallops; mussels  
Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Mollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
Myaceae, order Myaceae - clams
family Tridacnidae, Tridacnidae - large marine hard-shell clams
Cardiidae, family Cardiidae - somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks
family Ostreidae, Ostreidae - oysters
family Pteriidae, Pteriidae - pearl oysters
Anomiidae, family Anomiidae - saddle oysters
genus Placuna, Placuna - windowpane oysters
Arcidae, family Arcidae - ark shells
family Mytilidae, Mytilidae - marine mussels
family Unionidae, Unionidae - freshwater mussels found worldwide
family Pectinidae, Pectinidae - scallops
family Teredinidae, Teredinidae - shipworms
family Pholadidae, Pholadidae - a family of Bivalvia
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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In the latter site, the polychaetes of the family Capitellidae and the class Bivalvia were the most abundant, with 114 and 44 individuals respectively.
A new benthic macrofauna and sediments sampler for attaching to otter trawl nets: comparison with the Van Veen grab
Gray, 1826); order Pectinoidea (Rafinesque, 1815); subclass Pteriomorphia (Beurlen, 1944) within the class Bivalvia (Linnaeus, 1758).
Spondylids of eastern Pacific Ocean
Lucinapectinata (Gmelin, 1791), a species popularly known in Brazil as 'almeja' or 'lambreta', is a mollusk belonging to the class Bivalvia, order Veneroida, family Lucinidae.
Reproductive periods of Lucina pectinata (BIVALVE; LUCINIDAE) in the Paranagua Estuarine Complex, Parana-- Brazil/Periodo reprodutivo de Lucina pectinata (BIVLAVE; LUCINIDAE) no Complexo Estuarino de Paranagua, PR--Brasil
violacea, is a tropical freshwater clam that belongs to the class Bivalvia and the Corbiculidae family (Lamprell and Healy 1998:180182; Ledua et al.
Morphometric analyses of Batissa violacea shells from Emo (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
This class Bivalvia includes the clams, oysters, mussels, and scallop [14].
Morphometric relationship of weight and size of Clam Amiantis umbonella L., 1818 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the eastern coasts of Bandar Abbas, Persian Gulf
Origin of the molluscan class Bivalvia and a phylogeny of major groups.
Gill development and its functional and evolutionary implications in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)
4 0.63 7 Penaeus setiferus 5 0.78 5 Crangon septemspinosa 3 0.47 5 Paleamonetes pugio 4 0.63 9 Cancer irroratus 1 0.16 1 Upogebia affinis 1 0.16 1 Class Bivalvia * * * Mytilus edulis * * * Crossostrea virginica Class Gastropoda All gastropods 1 0.16 1 Class Polychaeta All polychaetes 4 0.63 4 Class Hydrozoa All hydroids 2 0.31 2 Phylum Porifera All sponges 1 0.16 1 Miscellaneous items Chum (ground menhaden) 159 * * Bait (menhaden, spot, etc) 28 * * Plant material 11 * * Woody material 6 * * Plastic trash 1 * * Cigarette butts 2 * * Stones, gravel 2 * * Feathers 2 * * % by Weight % by Prey number in grams mass %IRI Class Osteichthyes Clupeidae Brevoortia tyrannus 18.11 14757.03 44.40 58.34 Alosa spp.
Diet composition of large striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay *
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