• Question: what is a bivalve mollusc?

    Asked by wanyanglin1 to Naval Shipworm on 7 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Naval Shipworm

      Naval Shipworm answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      Hi! “bivalve” means (essentially) 2 shells, and molluscs are a group of animals that include clams, oysters, snails, squid and octopus.

      So a bivalve mollusc is one with two shells – so out of the previous list of animals, clams and oysters are bivalve molluscs! (and so is the naval shipworm)

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