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Marine bivalves

Outside of right valve
Mytilus edulis
Outside of right valve
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Outside of right valve
Modiolus adriaticus
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Modiolus barbatus
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Modiolus modiolus
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Modiolula phaseolina
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Musculus costulatus
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Musculus discors
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Musculus niger
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Pteria hirundo
Outside of left valve
Pecten maximus
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Aequipecten opercularis
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Chlamys distorta
Outside of left valve
Chlamys subsulcata
Chlamys varia. Attached to underside of stone on Menai Strait, Aug. 2010. Mantle edges with sensory tentacles and mirror eyes (lens and reflecting mirror) of use because does not burrow. Comb-like ctenidium visible through gape of mantle lobes.
Chlamys varia
nivea Sconser population
Chlamys varia var. nivea
Outside of left valve
Palliolum furtivum
Outside of left valve
Palliolum striatum
Outside of left valve
Palliolum tigerinum
Outside of left valve
Pseudamussium septemradiatum
Heteranomia squamula
Heteranomia squamula
Right valve (external view)
Lucinoma borealis
Tellimya ferunginosa associated with a living Echinocardium cordatum
Tellimya ferruginosa
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Acanthocardia aculeata
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Acanthocardia echinata
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Acanthocardia tuberculata
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Parvicardium exiguum
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Parvicardium minimum
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Parvicardium ovale
Outside of left valve
Parvicardium scabrum
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Plagiocardium papillosum
Outside of right valve
Laevicardium crassum
Cerastoderma edule. Juvenile, length 9mm. Exhalent (upper) and inhalent (lower) siphons extend from posterior of shell. Part of foot extended. Mouth of Dee Estuary, Cheshire. 24 October 2011.
Cerastoderma edule
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Cerastoderma glaucum
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Mactra glauca
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Mactra stultorum
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Spisula elliptica
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Spisula solida
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Spisula subtruncata
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Lutraria angustior
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Lutraria lutraria
Outside of right valve
Lutraria magna
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Solen marginatus
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Ensis americanus
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Ensis arcuatus
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Ensis ensis
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Ensis siliqua
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Ensis minor
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Pharus legumen
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Phaxas pellucidus
View of right valve of Angulus squalidus.
Angulus squalidus
Right valve of Angulus tenuis showing colour variation
Angulus tenuis
Right valve of Arcopagia crassa
Arcopagia crassa
Left valve of Arcopella balaustina
Arcopella balaustina
Right valve of Fabulina fabula
Fabulina fabula
Right valve of Moerella donacina
Moerella donacina
Moerella pygmaea
Moerella pygmaea
Left valve of Macoma balthica
Macoma balthica
Left valve of Gastrana fragilis
Gastrana fragilis
Left valve of Donax variegatus
Donax variegatus
Right valve of Donax vittatus
Donax vittatus
Abra alba
Abra alba
Left valve of Scrobicularia plana
Scrobicularia plana
Outside of right valve
Arctica islandica
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Venus verrucosa
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Circomphalus casina
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Gouldia minima
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Chamelea gallina
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Clausinella fasciata
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Mercenaria mercenaria
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Timoclea ovata
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Callista chione
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Tapes aureus
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Tapes rhomboides
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Tapes decussatus
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Tapes philippinarum
View of outside of right valve
Irus irus
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Venerupis senegalensis
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Dosinia lupinus
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Dosinia exoleta
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Turtonia minuta
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Petricola pholadiformis
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Mysia undata
H. arctica. Fused siphons; inhalent taking in water, exhalent closed so siphons swollen and periostracum stretched thin. Two worn ridges, with some spines, run radially from beak to posterior. Wedge-form shell. Byssus near anterior. Menai, March 2011.
Hiatella arctica
Outside of right valve
Pholas dactylus
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Barnea candida
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Barnea parva
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Zirfaea crispata
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Pholadidea loscombiana
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Martesia striata
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Xylophaga praestans