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Bivalves feed by filtering food from the water as it passes through their gills. They have specialized gills that capture food as it passes through with the water.
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Bivalves obtain food by?
filtering it out of water
How do bivalves obtain oxygen?
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How do seashells get their food?
You need to be more specific . . . How do bivalves get their food ? or, How do mollusca get their food ?
Do bivalve obtain oxygen?
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Why do bivalves don't need food scraping structures?
Because they are filter feeders
The methods a starfish uses to obtain its food?
Most starfish eat mollusks, principally bivalves which they force open by seizing both halves of the shell with their tube feet and pulling the halves apart very slowly until the bivalve is exhausted.
Are bivalves carnivores?
No, Bivalves are not toxic. Bivalves are any kind of animal with two shells, like a clam or mollusk. They cannot bite you, or sting you. If you do not cook them when you eat them, you will get food poisoning.
Why are bivalves the preferred food of starfish?
Probably because bivalves are tasty and nutritious (who doesn't like clams?) and their shells are easy for a starfish to pry open. They also like other echinoderms like urchins.
What doe bivalve eat?
Most bivalves are suspension feeders, filtering food particles from the water column.
What is the scientific name for bivalves?
Bivalvia is the scientific name for the bivalves.
Why are bivalves called bivalves?
It has two valves, hence bi....
What mollusk group are suspension feeders?
bivalves
