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Walcott has described a tiny lamellibranch (Modioloides) from the inferior Cambrian, and he reports the gastropod (?) genus Chuaria from the preCambrian.

These organisms live in cockles, oysters and other lamellibranchs and they so affect the gonads of these molluscs as to castrate and sterilize their host.

The degeneration produced by sedentary habits in all lamellibranchs has in the oyster reached its most advanced stage.

The Pseudolamellibranchia included the oyster, scallop and their allies which formerly constituted the order Monomyaria, having only a single large adductor muscle or in addition a very small anterior adductor.

A different but still more interesting result is produced by these Trematode larvae on certain lamellibranchs.

Protohydra occurs in oysterbanks and Monobrachium also grows on the shells of bivalves, and both these hydroids probably fish in the currents produced by the lamellibranchs.

Order Eulamellibranchia Edges of the mantle generally united by one or two sutures.

Synonyms:

pelecypodous, pelecypod, bivalved, bivalve,

Antonyms:

univalve, spread, straight line, unfold, class Gastropoda,