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The DSS occurring in a specimen of a field-collected bivalve is also shown.

The name "bivalve" is derived from the Latin bis, meaning "two", and valvae, meaning "leaves of a door".

The largest known extinct bivalve is a species of Platyceramus whose fossils measure up to 3000 mm in length.

The shell of a bivalve is composed of calcium carbonate, and consists of two, usually similar, parts called valves.

However, the species generally regarded as the largest living bivalve is the giant clam Tridacna gigas, which can grow to a length of 1200 mm and a weight of more than 200 kilograms (441 lbs).

The primitive bivalve was almost certainly a detritivore (consumer of loose organic materials), and the modern palaeotaxodonts still pursue this mode of life.

The susceptibility of Corbicula fluminea, as a biofouling bivalve, was also evaluated.

A sick Saint Bernard's fart sounds better than the harsh scrape of a bivalve being ripped from his little shell, but it's not nearly as delicious.

The greatest affinity of bivalves is with coral reefs.

The general classification of the bivalves is typically based on shell structure and hinge and ligament organization.

Unlike in other molluscan groups, locomotion in bivalves is used only when dislodgement occurs or as a means to escape predation.