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Inequilateral :: Inequilateral (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells..

Lamellibranch :: Lamellibranch (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

Lipocephala :: Lipocephala (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

Lamellibranchia :: Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiat.

Dimyaria :: Dimyaria (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve..

Lamellibranchiata :: Lamellibranchiata (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc..

Infrabranchial :: Infrabranchial (a.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Monomyaria :: Monomyaria (n.pl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster..

Lamellibranchiate :: Lamellibranchiate (a.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.

Lamellibranchiate :: Lamellibranchiate (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia.

Conchifera :: Conchifera (n. pl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Pelecypoda :: Pelecypoda (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata..

Incurrent :: Incurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca..

Trimyarian :: Trimyarian (n.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

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