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Vulsella Ovata
Vulsella may refer to: * ''Vulsella'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Malleidae Malleidae, or hammer oysters, is a family of saltwater clams. They are related to the pearl oysters, in the order PteriidaGofas, S. (2011). Malleidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p= ... * Vulsellum, a type of forceps {{Disambiguation ...
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Vulsella (bivalve)
''Vulsella'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Vulsellidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species: *'' Vulsella angusta'' *'' Vulsella clarki'' *'' Vulsella deperdita'' *'' Vulsella fornicata'' *'' Vulsella grandicubitus'' *'' Vulsella laevigata'' *'' Vulsella legumen'' *'' Vulsella margaritacea'' *'' Vulsella minor'' *'' Vulsella ovata'' *'' Vulsella pakistanica'' *'' Vulsella rugosa'' *'' Vulsella vulsella'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18583342 Ostreida Bivalve genera ...
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Malleidae
Malleidae, or hammer oysters, is a family of saltwater clams. They are related to the pearl oysters, in the order PteriidaGofas, S. (2011). Malleidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23067 on 2012-01-02 and the superfamily Pterioidea. The shells of most of these animals are T-shaped, with the hinge along the top of the T, and with the byssus emerging from the hinge. An oblique ligament holds the hinge. The shell is partially nacreous. There is a single, large adductor muscle A adductor muscle is any muscle that causes adduction. It may refer to: Humans * Adductor muscles of the hip, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to ** Adductor brevis muscle, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind .... The exhalant current exits at the hinge. Most hammer oysters live in tropical, coralline areas. Genera * '' Malleus'' Lamarck, 1799 * '' Neoaviculovulsa'' Okutani & Kusakari, 1 ...
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