Directory of Bivalvia Resources

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Bivalves are extremely numerous and varied and there are about 8000 species, mostly in the sea but some in fresh water. Typically the shell is in two pieces with a hinge and closed by strong muscles. Siphons draw water into the large mantle both for respiration and feeding. The class includes clams, mussels, cockles, scallops and oysters.

Resources in This Category

• Argopecten gibbus: Callico Scallop

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Argope_gibbus.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and special status.

• Common Cockle: Cerastoderma edule

  http://www.arkive.org/common-cockle/cerastoderma-edule/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Cyrtopleura costata: Angelwing Clam

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Cyrtop_costat.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and special status.

• Dreissena polymorpha

  http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=5
  Factsheet on the Zebra Mussel, with photographs, range map, and much information on the status of this introduced species.

• Dreissena rostriformis bugensis

  http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=95
  Factsheet on the Quagga Mussel, with photographs, range map, and much information on the status of this introduced species.

• Eastern Lamp Mussel: Lampsilis radiata

  http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_lamp_mussel.htm
  Photographs and information on this freshwater species.

• Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest

  http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/collections/mollusk/publications/guide
  Online version of book of the same name, published by the Illinois Natural History Survey.

• Freshwater Mussel Genera of the World

  http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/MusselGenera.html
  Illustrations and information about the various groups.

• Giant Clam: Tridacna gigas

  http://www.arkive.org/giant-clam/tridacna-gigas/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Mercenaria mercenaria: Hard Clam

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Mercen_mercen.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and special status.

• Mytella charruana: Charru Mussel

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Mytella_charruana.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.

• Oyster Reefs

  http://www.vims.edu/research/topics/oysters/
  News and information about oysters in the Chesapeake Bay region.

• Perna viridis: Asian Green Mussel

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Perna_viridis.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.

• Razor Shell: Ensis ensis

  http://www.arkive.org/razor-shell/ensis-ensis/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Ribbed Mussels: Geukensia demissa

  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/franz/biology25/MUSSELS.HTM
  Ecology and life history, feeding biology, shell growth, dispersal, survivorship, reproduction, taxonomy, distribution and importance.

• Small Giant Clam: Tridacna maxima

  http://www.arkive.org/small-giant-clam/tridacna-maxima/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Southern Giant Clam: Tridacna derasa

  http://www.arkive.org/southern-giant-clam/tridacna-derasa/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Swan Mussel Larvae

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97/marsnip.html
  Article by Mike Samworth on the reproduction of these bivalves and a link between them and the bitterling, a freshwater fish.

• Tennessee Freshwater Mussels

  http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permanent/mussels/
  McClung Museum virtual exhibit that explores the biology and history of these bivalves.

• Teredo navalis: Naval Shipworm

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Teredo_navalis.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.

• The Pink Mucket: Lampsilis abrupta

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/wilson_megh/
  Student project including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Unio Gallery

  http://unionid.missouristate.edu/
  Photographs and videos of freshwater pearly mussels (unionoids) of North America.

• Zebra Mussel: Dreissena polymorpha

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/kubicek_alli/
  Student project with classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

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