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A Bivalve in its Habitat

Bivalves live in deep and shallow water. They can burrow into the sediment, or tuck themselves in among rocks on the ocean floor, as this Ctenoides mitis has done.

Some bivalves even “swim” by snapping their shells open and shut.

photo © R. Bieler

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