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Pholas

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidaelig They bore holes for themselves in clay peat and soft

Plate gilled

Having flat or leaflike gills as the bivalve mollusks

Rudistes

An extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous period called also Rudista See Illust under Hippurite

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VerbarMollusca

cavity They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell which may be univalve bivalve or multivalve

Scallop

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidaelig The shell is usually radially ribbed

Sea clam

Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast especially those of the family Mactridaelig as the common American species Mactra

Shipworm

Any long slender worm shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera The shipworms burrow in wood and are destructive to wooden ships piles

VerbarSiphonata

A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons Called also Siphoniata See

Solenacean

Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidaelig

Mussel

Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus and related genera of the family Mytidaelig The common mussel Mytilus edulis see

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