Bivalve vs. Univalve — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bivalve and Univalve
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Bivalve
Any of numerous freshwater and marine mollusks of the class Bivalvia, having a shell consisting of two hinged valves connected by a ligament, and including the clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops. Also called lamellibranch, pelecypod.
Univalve
Having a shell consisting of a single valve or piece. Used of a mollusk.
Bivalve
Having a shell consisting of two hinged valves.
Univalve
Composed of a single valve or piece. Used of a shell.
Bivalve
Consisting of two similar separable parts.
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Univalve
A univalve mollusk; a gastropod.
Bivalve
Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
Univalve
Having one valve; typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.
Bivalve
(botany) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
Univalve
Consisting of a single valve or piece, used to refer to a shell.
Bivalve
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, - or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca.
Univalve
A univalve mollusk or its shell.
Bivalve
A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
Univalve
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
Bivalve
Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels.
Univalve
Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.
Bivalve
Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
Univalve
A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
Bivalve
Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
Univalve
Used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.
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