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Lamellibranch

noun
1.
Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together.  Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod.



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... of study is Dr. R. T. Jackson's[261] work on the mechanical origin of characters in the lamellibranch molluscs. "The bivalve nature of the shell doubtless arose," he says, "from the splitting on the median line of a primitive univalvular ancestor;" and he adds: "A parallel case is seen in the development of a bivalve ...
— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard



Words linked to "Lamellibranch" :   scallop, class Bivalvia, scollop, ark shell, escallop, mussel, clam, Bivalvia, bivalved, mollusc, shellfish, cockle, class Pelecypoda, blood clam, mollusk, piddock, oyster



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