bivalve

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He put the wee bivalve in a petri dish and asked a colleague to set it aside.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

In full transparency, I am so in love with this species of marine bivalve mollusks — but it didn't start out that way.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

New bivalve species and sideswimmer have been found to live communally with the greenish Bonellia spoonworm.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

The shells belonged to an assortment of tiny seafloor creatures, including small clams; bivalve crustaceans called ostracods; cone-shaped animals known as hyoliths; and stylophorans, oddly shaped precursors to starfish.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah