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***Inverts 2

Description

Phylum Mollusca: Class Bivalvia: The Lamellibranchs

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Subject

Biology

Level

Undergraduate 4

Created

10/29/2009

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Term

Life?

Definition

plategill; largest group of bivalves; all freshwater bivalves belong in this group

Term

Body?

Definition

very large ctenidia, high surface area: 2 functions: gas exchange and feeding(suspension feeders)

Term

Epifauna

Definition

sessile:attach to substrate by byssal(mussels) threads; attached by glue(oysters), motile

Term

Infauna

Definition

In sediments, burrow, bore