Science news articles about 'marine bivalves'

... lurks inside of Bankia setacea, the giant Pacific shipworm. Shipworms, wood-boring marine bivalves, have been nicknamed "termites of the sea." These animals are capable of feeding solely on wood, ...

... of the big bang for evolutionary biology." This conclusion followed a detailed global analysis of marine bivalves, one of the few groups plentiful enough in the fossil record to allow such a study, ...

... of the University of Chicago report their findings in Science this week. Their study focused on marine bivalves such as clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops, whose tough shells fossilize well to ...