bivalve in the PONS Dictionary

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Its diet consists primarily of shrimp, crabs, benthic gastropods, bivalves, and worms.
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They were specialized for a durophagous diet of shellfish, such as bivalves.
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The characteristic of the coast is shallow, with extensive formation of sand banks, where many arenicolous bivalves are grown like cockles or clams.
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The word scallop is also applied simply to the meat of these bivalves when it is sold as seafood.
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Expected average annual yields of the system for a hypothetical 1 ha were of bivalves and of seaweeds.
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This species is ectoparasitic (an external parasite) on various bivalves and other gastropods.
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This bivalve is approximately 6to8 cm in length.
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The two valves of the bivalve shell are held together at the hinge by a ligament composed of two keratinised proteins, tensilium and resilium.
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Like most bivalves, these molluscs were suspension feeders.
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Scientists have speculated that the ability of some bivalves to burrow and thus avoid predators was a major factor in their success.
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