For example, for years, giant clams were their own family, but they are just super-large cockles, Steppan said. They are often as large as 400 pounds. Part of the reason for constructing a bivalve ...

Bivalve mollusks exhibit a strikingly diverse range of lifespans, spanning from just one year to over five centuries. This exceptional lifespan disparity makes bivalves an excellent model system to ...

An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct – including many molluscs. By studying the impacts of this ancient event, scientists hope to ensure that mussels, ...