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... that in Liverpool Bay, the white furrow shell, the transparent razor shell and the trumpet worm live side by side beneath the sand? (2011-08-17)
... that Adipicola pelagica was first discovered living on floating whale blubber? (2019-03-05)
... that the Atlantic paper mussel has been found growing at densities of over 3000 per square metre (11 sq ft)? (2012-10-19)
... that the ark clam Anadara subcrenata was involved in an outbreak of Hepatitis A in China in 1988 which killed nine people? (2012-05-20)
... that the scallop Annachlamys flabellata (shell pictured) often exhibits protandric sex reversal, changing sex as it grows? (2012-01-16)
... that the chalky buttercup and the buttercup lucine resemble each other but can be told apart by their scars? (2012-11-29)
... that a single Antarctic scallop was found to have 10 different species of demosponge living on its shell? (2012-01-15)
... that members of the extinct bivalve family Bakevelliidae have shells made from rectangular calcium prisms and mother of pearl? (2012-01-12)
... that the giant white clam Calyptogena magnifica and the large mussel Bathymodiolus thermophilus are found at hydrothermal vents more than a mile beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean? (2012-05-07)
... that the fordilloid Camya asy is one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves? (2012-01-25)
... that the extinct, Triassic, bivalve family Cassianellidae may have evolved from the family Bakevelliidae, which survived longer into the Eocene? (2012-01-11)
... that the spiny scallop (pictured) camouflages itself with a sponge and can swim away from predatory starfish? (2012-05-25)
... that growing on the shell of the Pacific pink scallop helps the sponge Myxilla incrustans avoid being swamped by shifting sediment on the seabed? (2012-06-02)
... that the gill chambers of the tiger lucine, the dwarf tiger lucine, and the Pennsylvania lucine contain symbiotic bacteria which help them live in sediments not suited to other bivalves? (2021-01-18)
... that a fossil of Concavodonta described in 1843 has been lost? (2012-01-29)
... that members of the extinct bivalve genus Hemiconcavodonta are unique in the subfamily Concavodontinae in that their teeth point in two directions? (2012-02-07)
... that the heart cockle (pictured) is named after the shape of its bivalve shell? (2011-11-02)
... that the rock scallop (pictured) has an orange mantle and blue eyes? (2012-02-09)
... that the extinct Argentinian bivalve Cuyopsis symmetricus was named for the symmetry of its rectangular shells? (2012-02-21)
... that the banded wedge shell (shell pictured) is consumed by gulls that later regurgitate the shell fragments in "gobbets" on the beach? (2011-12-23)
... that the fossil bivalve Emiliodonta shared its name with a coccolithophore for about a decade? (2012-01-29)
... that the mangrove jingle shell has two different colour varieties, but pale specimens normally found on mangrove leaves can darken when moved to the tree's bark? (2012-04-29)
... that up to 167 small bivalve shells, Entovalva nhatrangensis, have been found living inside the oesophagus of a brown sandfish? (2012-05-16)
... that both Fordilla and Pojetaia, Cambrian members of the extinct bivalve family Fordillidae, are part of the Turkish small shelly fauna? (2012-01-16)
... that Shell Beach in Western Australia is entirely composed of empty shells of the heart cockle? (2013-04-03)
... that the worm Polydora glycymerica bores into the shell of bivalve molluscs, mainly Glycymeris yessoensis, and lives inside it? (2018-12-10)
... that Idas simpsoni lives on weathered whale skulls? (2019-03-02)
... that Lister's tree oyster and the flat tree oyster sometimes grow on the shell of the Atlantic thorny oyster (pictured)? (2012-10-15)
... that malacologist Myra Keen was called the "First Lady of Malacology"? (2012-03-08)
... that by the time he turned 27, Trevor Kincaid had discovered more than 240 new insect species? (2015-02-06)
... that the giant tube worm is not a worm at all? (2012-01-17)
... that when several of the small bivalve molluscs Lasaea rubra occupy the same rock crevice, they are likely to be clones? (2019-05-20)
... that the bivalve mollusc Laternula elliptica was collected and first described on an expedition that included HMS Beagle? (2012-02-20)
... that the littleneck clam is harvested for food despite being associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning? (2019-01-23)
... that the fragile file clam (pictured) uses its tentacles as oars when it swims? (2012-05-01)
... that the golden mussel can make good use of a discarded plastic bottle? (2012-04-28)
... that despite being structurally weakened, it may be beneficial to the porous star coral when the bivalve Lithophaga simplex bores into it? (2018-10-24)
... that Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, author of The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India, was an early President of the Malacological Society? (2012-03-14)
... that the epidermis of the mantle, an organ in mollusks, secretes the calcium carbonate that creates their shell? (2005-01-28)
... that Dominica has one of the richest land gastropod fauna in the Lesser Antilles? (2010-04-05)
... that a large number of gastropods remain to be discovered in Afghanistan? (2010-08-09)
... that several families of land gastropods reach a maximum of biodiversity in Turkey? (2010-03-03)
... that the tiny bivalve mollusc Montacuta substriata attaches to the spines of the purple heart urchin, where it resembles a grain of sand? (2021-10-15)
... that the gray sea star (pictured) can be found eating the coot clam in Tampa Bay, Florida? (2012-02-03)
... that larvae of the Ouachita creekshell attach themselves to fish hosts as part of their life cycle? (2012-05-01)
... that the crested oyster has been eaten by humans for at least 6,000 years? (2020-03-04)
... that the Brown mussel Perna perna aggregates in such large amounts that it is able to sink navigational buoys? (2007-12-20)
... that Perna viridis, a fast-growing bivalve mussel native to the Asia-Pacific, is an invasive species that harbors deadly toxins and biofouls submerged structures? (2007-09-30)
... that both the Akoya pearl oyster and the penguin's wing oyster are used in the production of cultured pearls? (2014-02-24)
... that the range of the pearl oyster Pinctada radiata extends from Japan to Victoria? (2010-09-22)
... that the amber pen shell spends its adult life almost completely buried in the seabed in a single location? (2012-09-17)
... that the granular poromya is a carnivorous, bivalve mollusc? (2012-01-18)
... that the Asian clam is causing trouble in San Francisco Bay? (2014-01-20)
... that fossils of the extinct bivalve family Praenuculidae have been found on every continent except Antarctica? (2012-01-22)
... that the extinct bivalve subfamily Praenuculinae can be told apart from its sister subfamily by looking at teeth? (2012-02-11)
... that oysters deposit pseudofeces in such amounts that they can clean up an entire estuary? (2008-09-30)
... that a study showed that cultivating the Atlantic winged oyster off the coast of Venezuela was not commercially viable? (2012-08-31)
... that the right to gather Pacific wing-oysters in the Gulf of California was once a prerogative of the Spanish crown? (2014-02-16)
... that the hooded oyster (Saccostrea cucullata) is Born 1778? (2012-06-04)
... that otters and seabirds seem to be able to detect when butter clams are toxic, but humans cannot? (2019-02-26)
... that temperature and salinity variations produced by ocean tides and freshwater rivers in estuaries make them ideal habitats for studying how these factors affect the growth of shells? (2013-01-17)
... that one species of the extinct bivalve Similodonta was found in 108.90 metres (357.3 ft) down a Welsh borehole? (2012-02-25)
... that a siphon (example pictured) is used by some marine snails for tasting, by some clams for reproducing, and by octopuses for jet propulsion? (2008-11-21)
... that the rosy razor clam tries to evade capture by rapidly burrowing deeper into the sediment? (2017-08-29)
... that the naval shipworm was responsible for great damage to the Netherlands' sea defences in the 18th century? (2012-04-17)
... that Theora mesopotamica was once given the name Abra cadabra, because a scientist believed it "had been dead for a long time, and could be described as a cadaver"? (2014-10-23)
... that small shells of Trigonoconcha are triangular? (2012-02-23)
... that species of the Cambrian bivalve Tuarangia lived near the continents of Baltica and East Gondwana? (2012-01-24)
... that Unionoida freshwater mussel shells (pictured) were used to make buttons? (2012-03-12)
... that the pullet carpet shell is cultivated in "parks" on the seabed? (2012-05-26)
... that the Ordovician age bivalve Villicumia has overlapping teeth seen in few other bivalves? (2012-02-20)
... that Waldo can be found among sea urchin spines? (2013-09-23)