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Class Bivalvia

Known as: Bivalvias, Lamellibranchiata, Pelecypoda 
A class in the phylum MOLLUSCA comprised of mussels; clams; OYSTERS; COCKLES; and SCALLOPS. They are characterized by a bilaterally symmetrical… 
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Aquatic OrganismsDisease VectorsMicrobiologicalMytilus

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ClamsMusselsOystersScallop

Broader (1)

Mollusca

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Distribution of heavy metals in marine bivalves, fish and coastal sediments in the Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Lagrangian descriptions of marine larval dispersion
Many marine organisms are sedentary as adults and are redistributed between genera- tions by the oceanic transport of planktonic… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Subcellular compartmentalization of Cd and Zn in two bivalves. I. Significance of metal-sensitive fractions (MSF) and biologically detoxified metal (BDM)
Many aspects of metal accumulation in aquatic invertebrates (i.e. toxicity, tolerance and trophic transfer) can be understood by… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Overland dispersal of aquatic invasive species: a risk assessment of transient recreational boating.
Predictions of the geographic spread of introduced species are often limited by a lack of data on their mechanisms of dispersal… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Trace element trophic transfer in aquatic organisms: a critique of the kinetic model approach.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Shallow water as a refuge habitat for fish and crustaceans in non-vegetated estuaries: an example from Chesapeake Bay
Abundances and size-frequency distributions of common epibenth~c flsh and crustaceans were compared among 3 depth zones (1-35, 35… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Calvin-Benson cycle and sulphide oxidation enzymes in animals from sulphide-rich habitats
The role of sulphide oxidation-driven production of reduced carbon in the nutrition of animals adapted to life in sulphide-rich… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Functional morphology and evolution of byssally attached bivalve mollusks
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Classification of Bivalvia
The Bivalvia are wholly aquatic benthos that have undergone secondary degeneration from the condition of the ancestral mollusk… 
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