Bivalvia Mollusca Animalia Flora and Fauna

Bivalvia Mollusca Animalia Flora and Fauna

Bivalves are extremely numerous and varied and there are about 8000 species, mostly in the sea but some in fresh water. Typically the shell is in two pieces with a hinge and closed by strong muscles. Siphons draw water into the large mantle both for respiration and feeding. The class includes clams, mussels, cockles, scallops and oysters.

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Mytilus edulus: Blue Mussel - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about this mollusc, its systematics, external anatomy and internal anatomy.
Teredo navalis: Naval Shipworm - Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.
North Carolina Freshwater Mussels - Species list, species accounts with photos, identification keys, life history, shell anatomy, glossary, and references.
Hard Clam - Information on this shellfish, Mercenaria mercenaria, its description, life cycle and habitat.
Exotic Aquatics of the Gulf Coast: Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) - Louisiana State University provides general information, the history of this mollusc in the United States, and its impact on the environment.
American Oyster - Information on this shellfish, Crassostrea virginica, its habitat, life cycle and the threats it faces.
Swan Mussel Larvae - Article by Mike Samworth on the reproduction of these bivalves and a link between them and the bitterling, a freshwater fish.
Actinonaias: Freshwater Mussel - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about this mollusc, its systematics, natural history, external anatomy, internal anatomy and behavior.
Argopecten gibbus: Callico Scallop - Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and special status.
Crassostrea virginica: American Oyster - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about this mollusc, its systematics, natural history, external anatomy, internal anatomy and behavior.
Cyrtopleura costata: Angelwing Clam - Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and special status.
Mercenaria mercenaria: Quahog - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about this mollusc, its systematics, external anatomy and internal anatomy, with additional notes on Tapes japonicus.
Tennessee Freshwater Mussels - McClung Museum virtual exhibit that explores the biology and history of these bivalves.
Mytella charruana: Charru Mussel - Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.
Freshwater Mussel Genera of the World - Illustrations and information about the various groups.
Dreissena polymorpha - Factsheet on the Zebra Mussel, with photographs, range map, and much information on the status of this introduced species.
Mercenaria mercenaria: Hard Clam - Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and special status.
Perna viridis: Asian Green Mussel - Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.
Atlantic Ribbed Mussel: Geukensia demissa - Photographs and information on this species.
Corbicula fluminea: Asian Clam - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about this mollusc, its systematics, external anatomy and internal anatomy.
American Oyster: Crassostrea virginica - Information on this species, its description and identifying features, and its biology.
Bivalves - Taxonomy on a Half-Shell - Bivalve taxonomy information and research. Includes extensive biobliographic information on bivalve genera. Part of the Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET) project of the National Science Foundation.
Sphaerium, Eupera, Pisidium and Musculium: Fingernail Clams - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about these molluscs, their systematics, external anatomy and internal anatomy.
Atlantic Ribbed Mussel - General information and a photograph of this shellfish, its biology, range, habitat and ecology.
Ribbed Mussels: Geukensia demissa - Ecology and life history, feeding biology, shell growth, dispersal, survivorship, reproduction, taxonomy, distribution and importance.
Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest - Online version of book of the same name, published by the Illinois Natural History Survey.
Oyster Reefs - Information about oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Dreissena rostriformis bugensis - Factsheet on the Quagga Mussel, with photographs, range map, and much information on the status of this introduced species.
Argopecten irradians: Bay Scallop - Information from the Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine about this mollusc, its systematics, external anatomy and internal anatomy, with additional notes on Placopecten magellanicus.
Unio Gallery - Photographs and videos of freshwater pearly mussels (unionoids) of North America.

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