Invasive bivalve species, notably within the Dreissenidae and Mytilidae families, have emerged as significant agents of ecological change in both estuarine and coastal ecosystems. These organisms, ...

A new study reveals that there are many ways bivalves bore through solid rock, but a lack of habitat may lock them into an evolutionary dead end. Despite their name, boring bivalves are much more ...

Human-harvested shellfish from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collections. (Credit: Brittany M. Hance and James D. Tiller, Smithsonian) Photos illustrating this research ...

An unusual new study shows that while terrestrial birds and marine bivalves -- animals such as scallops, mussels, cockles, and oysters -- share a common pattern of species richness across latitudes, ...

Bivalve mollusks exhibit a strikingly diverse range of lifespans, spanning from just one year to over five centuries. This exceptional lifespan disparity makes bivalves an excellent model system to ...

A new paleontology study by UChicago researchers discovered that rock-boring clams, known as bivalves, vary in shape despite performing the same function. This paper is one of the first major studies ...

The symbiotic communities of invertebrates in dead coral gravel on the shallow, warm-temperate coast of the Kii Peninsula in western Japan. New bivalve species and sideswimmer have been found to live ...

Deep under the surface of the South China Sea, a new species waits buried in the sand. Matt Hardy via Unsplash More than 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, a crack in the seafloor spews gases into ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A survey of unionid mollusks (mussels) was conducted at six sites in the Shenango River in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, during 1983 and 1984.

Not all bivalves are created equal. Oysters and clams are both bivalves—animals with two connected shells—but they have more differences than similarities. While the differences may not be obvious at ...