bivalved mollusks

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• bivalved — adjective used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) • Syn: ↑bivalve • Ant: ↑univalve (for: ↑bivalve) • Similar to: ↑lamellibranch, ↑pelecypod …   Useful english dictionary

• animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… …   Universalium

• Rostrochonchia — Schnabelschaler Zeitraum Kambrium bis Perm ? bis ? Mio. Jahre Systematik Zweiseitentiere (Bilateria) Urmünder (Protostomia) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Rostroconchia — Schnabelschaler Zeitraum Kambrium bis Perm ? bis ? Mio. Jahre Systematik Zweiseitentiere (Bilateria) Urmünder (Protostomia) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Schnabelschaler — Ischyrinia winchelli Zeitraum Kambrium bis Perm ? bis ? Mio. Jahre Systematik …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis. Also called mantis crab. [1870 75] * * * ▪ crustacean  any member of the marine crustacean order Stomatopoda, especially members of …   Universalium

• orthonectid —       any of a class (Orthonectida) of rare wormlike parasites of various marine invertebrates, including bivalved mollusks and polychaete annelids; they are usually included in the phylum Mesozoa, a group regarded as intermediate between… …   Universalium

• Rostroconchia — † Rostroconchia Рак …   Википедия

• crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… …   Universalium

• malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …   Universalium

• gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …   Universalium