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Bivalvia

Mussels, clams, oysters, cockles, etc.

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Containing group: Mollusca

Other Names for Bivalvia

References

Adamkewicz, S. L., M. G. Harasewych, J. Blake, D. Saudek and C. J. Bult. 1997. A molecular phylogeny of the bivalve mollusks. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14:619-629.

Beesley, P. L., G. J. B. Ross, and A. Wells (eds.) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia, Vol 5. Part A . CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Canapa, A., I. Marotta, F. Rollo and E. Olmo. 1999. The smallsubunit rRNA gene sequences of venerids and the phylogeny of Bivalvia. Journal of Molecular Evolution 48:463–468.

Harper, E. M., J. D. Taylor, and J. A. Crame, eds. 2000. Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia, The Geological Society Special Publication No. 177. Geological Society of London, London.

Johnston, P. A. and J. W. Haggart, eds. 1998. Bivalves: An Eon of Evolution. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.

Schneider, J. A. 2001. Bivalve systematics during the 20th century. Journal of Paleontology 75:1119-1125.

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Scientific Name Cardiidae
Comments a cockle
Reference Ernst Haeckel''s Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna.
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Scientific Name Tridacnidae
Comments a giant clam
Reference Ernst Haeckel''s Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna.
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
Scientific Name Veneridae
Comments a venus clam
Reference Ernst Haeckel''s Kunstformen der Natur published 1899-1904 by Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna.
Source Collection BioLib Online Library of Biological Books
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