2017-03-13 14:14:25.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Phylum Mollusca. Class Bivalvia. Sedentary bivalve characterized by two-part shell of calcium carbonate secreted by the mantle and joined by a ligamentous hinge held shut by adductor muscles distinguished by slipper dark colored shells and attached to strata by byssus. language code: en);
BIVALVES
MUSSELS
Phylum Mollusca. Class Bivalvia. Sedentary bivalve characterized by two-part shell of calcium carbonate secreted by the mantle and joined by a ligamentous hinge held shut by adductor muscles distinguished by slipper dark colored shells and attached to strata by byssus.