English > class Pelecypoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | oysters; clams; scallops; mussels. |
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| Synonyms | Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia |
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| Member of | Mollusca, phylum Mollusca | gastropods |
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| Members | Anomiidae, family Anomiidae | saddle oysters |
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| Arcidae, family Arcidae | ark shells |
| Cardiidae, family Cardiidae | Somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks |
| Myaceae, order Myaceae | clams |
| Mytilidae, family Mytilidae | marine mussels |
| Ostreidae, family Ostreidae | oysters |
| Pectinidae, family Pectinidae | scallops |
| Pholadidae, family Pholadidae | A family of Bivalvia |
| Placuna, genus Placuna | windowpane oysters |
| Pteriidae, family Pteriidae | pearl oysters |
| Teredinidae, family Teredinidae | shipworms |
| Tridacnidae, family Tridacnidae | large marine hard ... / hard-shell clams |
| Unionidae, family Unionidae | freshwater mussels found worldwide / worldwide |
| bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together |
| spat | A young oyster or other bivalve |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| Spanish | Bivalvia, clase Bivalvia, clase Lamellibranchia, clase Pelecypoda, lamelibranquios |
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| Catalan | Bivalvia |
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