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The adductor muscles are the main muscular system in bivalve mollusks (e.g. in clams, scallops, mussels, oysters, etc.). In many parts of the world, when...3 KB (403 words) - 21:23, 31 December 2023- Bivalve)through wood. The main muscular system in bivalves is the posterior and anterior adductor muscles. These muscles connect the two valves and contract to close...122 KB (13,223 words) - 10:32, 23 June 2024
Scallop (category Bivalve families)aquaculture. The word "scallop" is also applied to the meat of these bivalves, the adductor muscle, that is sold as seafood. The brightly coloured, symmetric,...77 KB (8,317 words) - 10:14, 22 June 2024
valve. When the adductor muscles of a bivalve mollusk contract, the valves close, which compresses the ligament. When the adductor muscles relax again, the...7 KB (913 words) - 02:17, 7 October 2023
muscles. In bivalves, the obliquely striated muscles can maintain tension over long periods without using too much energy. Bivalves use these muscles...62 KB (7,395 words) - 20:01, 25 June 2024 - List of edible bivalves)species of bean clams Donacidae, including: Plebidonax deltoides Other bivalve species, including: Arctica islandica Geoduck Lithophaga lithophaga Mya...9 KB (707 words) - 23:41, 13 December 2023
Ostreidae but not within the more-primitive Gryphaeidae. The scar from the adductor muscle is simple, with a single, central scar. In the majority, the right...5 KB (485 words) - 11:04, 3 March 2021
Pallial line (category Bivalve stubs)the shell of a bivalve mollusk. This line shows where all of the mantle muscles were attached in life. In clams with two adductor muscles the pallial line...1 KB (129 words) - 20:51, 25 May 2018
and are closed when necessary by strong internal muscles (anterior and posterior adductor muscles). Mussel shells carry out a variety of functions, including...35 KB (4,148 words) - 14:17, 19 June 2024
or riverbeds. Clams have two shells of equal size connected by two adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot. They live in both freshwater and...23 KB (2,450 words) - 03:15, 24 June 2024
Island disease causes visible yellow/green pustules on the body and adductor muscles of oysters. This disease mainly affects Pacific oysters (Crassostrea...66 KB (7,187 words) - 06:28, 15 June 2024
Giant clam (category Bivalves described in 1758)the muscles of clams. On the black market, giant clam shells are sold as decorative accoutrements. Large amounts of money are paid for the adductor muscle...28 KB (3,104 words) - 14:24, 11 April 2024
Protobranchia (category Bivalve taxonomy)and the gills used only for respiration, the anterior and posterior adductor muscles are nearly equal in size, a foot which is divided sagittally and longitudinally...3 KB (310 words) - 22:06, 18 October 2023Ostreidae (category Bivalve genera)to the order Pteriida. Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means the shell has a characteristic central scar marking its...6 KB (509 words) - 13:41, 11 May 2024
Fordilloidea (category Bivalve taxonomy)contrast to Fordilla, the rear adductor muscle was larger and more developed than the front adductor, with pallial muscles arranged along the valve margins...7 KB (724 words) - 11:42, 22 June 2024
Siphon (mollusc) (category Bivalve anatomy)the mantle cavity. A single siphon occurs in some gastropods. In those bivalves which have siphons, the siphons are paired. In cephalopods, there is a...12 KB (1,224 words) - 15:08, 25 October 2023
powerful mandibular adductor muscles. To feed with this type of structure the fish can protrude its mouth ventrally to permit muscles to be seized by the...20 KB (2,683 words) - 13:48, 2 June 2024- etc.) roundish muscular impressions made by the single or the two adductor muscles by which the valves are closed. The shell is often covered by an epidermis
- be contained within the shell, which is held shut by the powerful adductor muscles. This defense is difficult to overcome except by specialist predators
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