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What has the author Richard F Dame written?
Richard F. Dame has written: 'Ecology of marine bivalves' -- subject(s): Marine invertebrates, Bivalves, Ecology, Biotic communities
How are bivalves different from mollusks?
Bivalves are a class of mollusks that have two shells hinged together, while mollusks are a diverse phylum of invertebrates that include bivalves, snails, and octopuses. Bivalves primarily feed through filter feeding by pumping water in and out of their shells, while other mollusks have various feeding methods.
Do all SEA animals have spines?
Not at all. Fish and dolphins and such have spines, but the ocean is filled with invertebrates. Crustaceans, bivalves, molluscs, annelids, you name it.
What does he Asian shore crab eat?
it feeds on a variety of resident organisms, including macroalgae, salt marsh grasses and small invertebrates such as amphipods, gastropods, bivalves, barnacles and polychaetes.
What is the scientific name for bivalves?
Bivalvia is the scientific name for the bivalves.
What are lower invertebrates?
Shrimp are one example of bottom feeding invertebrates. If you simply mean invertebrates that live on the sea floor, crabs, lobsters, and giant Pacific octopus would be examples. More examples would include sea slugs, sea snails, sea cucumbers (another bottom feeder), and bivalves (seashells like clams and oysters that have two shells that are attached to each other and can open and close like a hinge).
What mollusk group are suspension feeders?
bivalves
Why are bivalves called bivalves?
It has two valves, hence bi....
Why do bivalves have strong muscles?
Bivalves have strong muscles in order to hold their shells closed.
What do bivalves do when a grain of sand gets in its shell?
When life gives bivalves sand, they make pearls.
What are mollusks that have two shells held together by hinges and strong muscles called?
they are called bivalves .(:
Do Bivalves move using jet propulsion?
Bivalves move by using a blade shaped muscular foot.
