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Ostreoida

bivalve order

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annotated classification

  • In bivalve: Annotated classification

    Order Ostreoida (oysters and scallops) Shell valves unequal, variable, typically lacking hinge teeth; shell structure of foliated calcite, upper valve with outer prismatic calcite; most scallops with inner crossed-lamellar layers; dimyarian but most monomyarian; ctenidia pseudolamellibranch; mantle fusions lacking; foot often lost in adult; scallops capable…

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