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Pelecypoda
Lamellibranchia La*mel`li*bran"chi*a, Lamellibranchiata La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL. See lamella, and Branchia, Branchiate.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc. Note: They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the shell, whence they are called Acephala}. Called also Conchifera, and Pelecypoda. See Bivalve.
Pelecypoda
Pelecypoda Pel`e*cyp"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a hatchet + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

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- Invertebrate Fossils, gives a practical and useful classification of pelecypods (Bivalvia) even if somewhat antiquated, based on s**** structure, gill...
- related to Fimbriidae. Nicol, David (1950). Recent species of the lucinoid pelecypod Fimbria. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 40(3): 82–87....
- forest Marine Oceanic plankton and n****n Balanoid-gastropod-thallophyte Pelecypod-annelid Coral reef Whittaker classified biomes using two abiotic factors:...
- In May 2010, a new taxonomy of the Bivalvia was published in the journal Malacologia. The 2010 taxonomy is known as the Taxonomy of the Bivalvia (Bouchet...
- information related to Ostreina. Johnston, Paul A. (1992). "The palaeozoic pelecypod family Rhombopteriidae and the evolution of the Ostreina". The Paleontological...
- ISBN 978-0-85199-655-4. Douglas Grant Smith (2001). "Mollusca (gastropods, pelecypods)". Pennak's freshwater invertebrates of the United States: Porifera to...
- include various brachiopods, corals, echinoid fragments, gastropods, pelecypods, and stromatolites. These fossils indicate an Early Jur****ic age (Lower...
- hamlet. In 1958, Alan McGugan et al., identified a new species of the pelecypod Megalodon in a river cliff of Exshaw Cr**** and gave the new specific name...
- stratigraphy of the Santos Basin shows lacustrine sediments composed of co**** pelecypod (bivalve) coquina during the Barremian and Aptian sag phase of the continental...
- on invertebrates such as mollusks (particularly gastropods, as well as pelecypods, echinoids, crustaceans, and annelids) other fish, and even the highly...