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Bivalvia are also known as Pelecypoda (pel-e-sip o-da), or “hatchet-footed” animals, as their name implies (Gr. pelekys, hatchet, pous, podos, foot). They are bivalved molluscs that include mussels, clams, scallops, oysters, and shipworms and they range in size from tiny seed shells 1 to 2 mm in length to giant …

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