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epibyssate shell
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epibyssate shell

mollusk morphology
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  • bivalve
    / Ecology and habitats

    …of their older representatives are endobyssate (that is, anchored to material within a burrow or dugout), exposing their evolutionary history. Most of these two classes occupy a wide diversity of subhabitats, with simple reproductive strategies, external fertilization, and planktonic larvae to effect wide dispersion. They apportion the shallow-water marine domain…

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    …of their older representatives are endobyssate (that is, anchored to material within a burrow or dugout), exposing their evolutionary history. Most of these two classes occupy a wide diversity of subhabitats, with simple reproductive strategies, external fertilization, and planktonic larvae to effect wide dispersion. They apportion the shallow-water marine domain…

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