bivalve

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The observation, reported this month in Biological Invasions, is the only time a nonlarval freshwater bivalve has been seen attached to a fish.

From Science Magazine

"Microfibers – threadlike plastics frequently shed from clothing and textiles – are the most common form of microplastics ingested by marine fish, crustaceans, and bivalves in most studies to date," Baechler told Salon.

From Salon

If you ask Our World in Data, farmed bivalves — oysters, and clams, mussels and scallops — have fewer emissions than all the fish in the sea, farmed or wild.

From Washington Post

He picks up a small, tubular, twisted white shell, the remnants of a marine bivalve that had burrowed into a log, making it home.

From Seattle Times

Thanks to their deft shucking, the crew behind the seafood bar lets us focus solely on the oysters’ flavor as we pluck the bivalves from their bed of ice and knock them back.

From Washington Post