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  2. Bivalvia - Wikipedia

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    Bivalvia (/ b aɪ ˈ v æ l v i ə /) or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exoskeleton consisting of a hinged pair of half-shells known as valves.

  3. Freshwater bivalve - Wikipedia

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    Freshwater bivalves, as their name implies, have a protective exoskeleton composed of two half-shells or "valves", connected via a soft ligament along a hinge. [4] These two valves are non-living, composed of both organic and inorganic substances that make up three major valve layers. [4]

  4. List of edible molluscs - Wikipedia

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    Note that the common names of edible bivalves can be misleading, in that not all species known as "cockles" "oysters", "mussels", etc., are closely related. Ark clams , including: Blood cockle; Senilia senilis; Many species of true mussels, family Mytilidae, including: Blue mussels. Blue mussel; California mussel; Mediterranean mussel; Mytilus ...

  5. Molluscivore - Wikipedia

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    A molluscivore is a carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs such as gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods and cephalopods.Known molluscivores include numerous predatory (and often cannibalistic) molluscs, (e.g.octopuses, murexes, decollate snails and oyster drills), arthropods such as crabs and firefly larvae, and, vertebrates such as fish, birds and mammals. [1]

  6. Cockle (bivalve) - Wikipedia

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    A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. [2] True cockles live in sandy, sheltered beaches throughout the world. The distinctive rounded shells are bilaterally symmetrical, and are heart-shaped when viewed from the end.

  7. You Don't Need to Go to a Restaurant to Eat Oysters - AOL

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    More hack than recipe, roasting oysters in the oven is one of the simplest ways to open the bivalves. The heat loosens the adductor muscle that helps hold the shells together, allowing the oyster ...

  8. Clam - Wikipedia

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    A clam shell (species Spisula solidissima) at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc.The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds.

  9. This is the healthiest seafood, according to experts - AOL

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    What is the healthiest seafood to eat? Dietitians share which fish and shellfish are the most nutritious and which to avoid. This is the healthiest seafood, according to experts

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