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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...
- 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...
- forest Marine Oceanic plankton and n****n Balanoid-gastropod-thallophyte Pelecypod-annelid Coral reef Whittaker classified biomes using two abiotic factors:...
- abundance. Other Silurian life forms of Kentucky included gastropods, pelecypods, cephalopods, crinoids, trilobites, and a variety of corals. The seas...
- dinosaurs) including coral, crinoids, trilobites, cephalopods, gastropods, pelecypods, stromatolites, and brachiopods. The Bonnechere Valley is also a gateway...
- on invertebrates such as mollusks (particularly gastropods, as well as pelecypods, echinoids, crustaceans, and annelids) other fish, and even the highly...
- fossils found within the Kootenai Formation are gastropod, ostracod, and pelecypod s****. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered...
- include various brachiopods, corals, echinoid fragments, gastropods, pelecypods, and stromatolites. These fossils indicate an Early Jur****ic age (Lower...
- stratigraphy of the Santos Basin shows lacustrine sediments composed of co**** pelecypod (bivalve) coquina during the Barremian and Aptian sag phase of the continental...
- fauna composed almost exclusively of abundant, but poorly preserved, pelecypods and gastropods. It apparently ac****ulated nearer the coastline and likely...